Description

Seabee Creek is located flows SE to Colville River N of Umiat, Arctic Slope.

History

Named by Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 4 geologists about 1945 for the Seabees (an alteration of "cee" and "bee," the initial letters for constructio n battalion), a construction battalion organized as a volunteer branch of the Civil Engineer Corps of the U. S. Navy; a group that participated in establishing camps during the early period of exploration of Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 4.

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