Description
Heads 5 mi WNW of Cloud Lake, flows NW to the Goodhope River 1.5 mi upstream from its confluence with Cottonwood Creek, 15 mi. NW of Imuruk Lake, Seward Peninsula High. 7 miles long.
History
So named in 1951 by D. M. Hopkins, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), because "throughout the upper course of the creek the current is sluggish and the water is foul-tastin g and coffee-brown in color, suggestive of bilgewater in a ship's hold."