Description
Heads in the glacier bowl area of Marathon Mountain, flows into the N end of The Lagoon, which empties into the NW corner of Resurrection Bay, 2.4 km (1.5 mi) NW of the center of the City of Seward.
History
Named for Hermann "Henry" W Scheffler (1862-ca. 1918), a Prussian immigrant who came to Resurrection Bay in 1897. In 1907 he deeded his land for the townsite of Seward.