Fourth of July Creek (Kenai Peninsula, Alaska)
| Fourth of July Creek | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Alaska |
| City | Seward, Alaska |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Numerous small glaciers |
| Mouth | Resurrection Bay |
• location | Seward |
• coordinates | 60°04′48″N 149°20′38″W / 60.080°N 149.344°W |
• elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Length | 5 mi (8.0 km) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | mouth |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • right | Godwin Creek |
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The Fourth of July Creek is a creek on the Kenai Peninsula in Alaska. It rises on the upper Resurrection Peninsula from various glaciers on Santa Ana Peak in the Chugach Mountains and flows 5 miles (8.0 km) to empty into Resurrection Bay near Seward. Fourth of July Creek formed some time after 1850, when Godwin Glacier retreated from the shores of Resurrection Bay, uncovering the stream and the broad valley it flows through. The creek was formerly known as the Godwin River, before the aforementioned glacier split into two valleys creating a separate tributary of the waterway, today known as Godwin Creek.