Description
Candle Creek is located flows NE to the Kiwalik River, 54 mi. NW of Haycock, Seward Peninsula High. 16 miles long.
History
Prospectors' name reported in 1903 by D. C. Witherspoon (in Moffit, 1905, pl. 3), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The name is derived from a bush or shrub that grew along the banks of the stream, which resembled "candlewood" or "greasewood" in that it will light a fire easily (Hick, 1954, p. 14).