Description
Montana Creek is located flowing SE to the Mendenhall River, 1 mi. N of Juneau Airport and 8 mi. NW of Juneau, Coast Mts.
History
The origin of the name is unknown. The name was in use in the 1880's, but the stream was called Brennan River in 1881 by Edward J. Brennan who with John McInnis located placer claims along the stream (DeArmond, 1957, p. 32).