It then turns east, then north, again passing under the Steese Highway and entering the Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge.

Circle City sprang up as the Alaska Interior's first gold town, governed democratically by traditional miners' meetings.

[10] An anabranch of the Yukon River, the slough flows southwest roughly parallel to the main stem for 15 miles (24 km).

The larger pike frequent the lower reaches of the creek as well as sloughs, ponds, and oxbow lakes in the Yukon Flats.

[13] In February, the creek serves as a part of the trail for the Yukon Quest 1,000-mile (1,600 km) sled dog race.