Description
Lurvey Creek is located heads in glacier on NW slope of Sheep Mtn, flows NW to Gold Creek, 2.5 mi. E of Juneau, Coast Mts.
History
Locally named for W.L. Lurvey, who mined along the creek about 1883. The creek was also called "Dix Creek" and "Dix Gulch" by the miners working for John Dix (DeArmond, 1957, p. 30).