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Kowee Creek (also spelled as Cowee, Kow-eeh, or Kowie) is a river on Douglas Island in the City and Borough of Juneau, Alaska, United States. Its origin is southeast of Mount Troy and it flows north-northeast to Gastineau Channel near West Juneau; it is southwest of the city of Juneau. Kowee Creek is nearly long. It has a drainage basin of about and two transverse tributaries.〔Spencer, Arthur C. ''The Juneau Gold Belt, Alaska''. Government Printing Office: Washington, 1906.〕 The creek is named for Chief Kowee, a leader of the Auke people of the late 19th century. He is credited with guiding Juneau founders Joe Juneau and Richard Harris to gold at Quartz Gulch in 1880. Kowee had a summer home at the mouth of the creek. Juneau-area miners spelled the creek as "Kow-eeh" or "Kowie"; when the United States Geological Survey mapped the area in 1903, it was spelled "Cowee". The naming issue was settled by the United States Board on Geographic Names in 1964 and entered into the Geographic Names Information System on January 1, 2000.〔(USGS GNIS Feature Detail Report: Kowee Creek )〕〔DeArmond, Robert. ''Some Names Around Juneau''. Sitka Press. 1957.〕 In addition to Chief Kowee's use of the area, other Tlingit hunted and trapped throughout the Douglas Island area from the creek to Point Hilda.〔Goldschmidt, Walter R., and Haas, Theodore H. ''Haa Aaní, Our Land: Tlingit and Haida Land Rights and Use''. Sealaska Corporation, 1998.〕 Dolly Varden trout have been noted in the stream.〔Bethers, Mike; Munk, Kris; and Seifert, Cheryl. ''Juneau Fish Habitat Assessment''. Alaska Department of Fish and Game. 1995.〕 It also formerly hosted a hatchery for pink and chum salmon and University of Alaska Southeast research facility.〔(Kowee Creek Hatchery ). Douglas Island Pink & Chum, Inc. Accessed July 21, 2010.〕 Salmon fishing in Kowee Creek is prohibited. A trail runs near the river to the Dan Moller Cabin.〔Gottberg, John. ''Frommer's Dollarwise Guide to Alaska''. Simon & Schuster, 1987.〕〔Kelley, Tim. (Dan Moller Ski Trail ). Alaska Lost Ski Areas Project. Accessed July 21, 2010.〕 ==See also== *Cowee Creek is another stream named for Chief Kowee, northwest of Juneau.〔(USGS GNIS Feature Detail Report: Cowee Creek )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kowee Creek」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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