Description
Ferrum Creek is located on Kenai Peninsula, flows E 3 mi. to Beauty Bay, at NW end of West Arm Nuka Bay, 32 mi. ESE of Homer; Chugach Mts.
History
the local name for this stream was Iron Creek. of numerous "Iron Creeks" in Alaska, a 1927 U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) field party recommended substituting the Latin word "Ferrum."