Description
Cache Creek is located flows W through Ikiakpaurak Valley to Canning River, at Shublik I., 45 mi. NW of Mount Michelson, Arctic Slope. 19 miles long.
History
S. J. Marsh, prospector, wrote, "The 7th of April, 1902, I left the coast alone, hauling 1,250 pounds by relays, and reached Cache Creek on June 1, * * *. After building a cache of rock to protect my supplies I proceeded up the Kooguru (Canning) River * * *" (Brooks, 1906, p. 260).