Description
Bowhead Creek is located flows SW to Cripple River, 11 mi. WNW of Nome, Seward Peninsula High. 3 miles long.
History
Prospectors' name reported in 1899 as "Bowheads Creek" by D. C. Witherspoon (in Schrader and Brooks, 1900, map 2), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).