Description
Lurvey Basin is located near head of Lurvey Creek on NW slope of Sheep Mtn. 3 mi. E of Juneau, Coast Mts.
History
Locally named for W. L. Lurvey who mined in this valley about 1883. The miners also called it "Dix Bow Basin" for John Dix, one of the early miners at Juneau in 1881 (DeArmond, 1957, p. 30).