Description
Kigezruk Creek is located flows SW 4 mi. to Bering Sea, 12 mi. SE of Cape Prince of Wales and 43 mi. NW of Teller; Seward Peninsula High.
History
Prospectors' name reported in 1900 by Brooks (1901, pl. 13 and p. 135), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). the name as "Kivyearzruk" and noted (p. 25) that the gold "discovery was made in June, 1899, by Kivyearuk, a Prince of Wales native, then employed as reindeer herder by W. T. Lopp, a missionary in charge of a Government reindeer station."