There was a prospector named Carlin or Carline in early Alaska, whose name is
shown on an 1898 manuscript map. Carlin Creek, also known as Carline Creek, has
been named in his honor. The creek is listed (as Carlin Creek and Carline
Creek) in the official Dictionary of Alaska Place Names, and is shown on a
topographical map of Alaska.
Carlin Creek itself is a stream in southeast Fairbanks County, AK. It flows west
1 mile to Cherry Creek, 52 miles south of Eagle, Yukon-Tanana Highway. It's
exact latitude is 64 degrees, 03' N, and it's longitude is 141 degrees, 09'
W.
Carlin Creek, generally known by that name and by the name Carline Creek, is at
an elevation of about 4000'. It's less than two miles west of the border between
Alaska and Canada's Yukon Territory, and about three miles south of the Top of
the World Highway. There's a small Boundary Landing Strip just south of the Top
of the World Highway, where small aircraft can land if weather is appropriate.
(The highway itself is closed in the winter.)
I haven't been able to find out anything new about our friend, the Prospector
named Carlin (or Carline). I just hope he found some gold in that there creek
of his!
For information about two Carlins in early Alaskan history, including Prospector
Carlin, go to
http://www.carlin.net/attorney/CA-alaska.htm.
For information about Carlin Creek, Alaska, and other Carlin sites in the U.S.,
please go to
http://www.carlin.net/attorney/carlin-cities.htm#alaska.
It's great finding out all about these new Carlin sites. We now have Carlin
cities, Carlin schools and school districts, Carlin halls and other Carlin
historic buildings, Bayou Carlin, Carlin parks, Lake Carlin, several Carlin
Creeks, Carlin Bay, Carlin Gulch and a Carlin Reservoir and a Carlin Dam.
Fred
Fredric M. Carlin
White Plains, NY
fred(a)carlin.org