Valdez Creek (Dena'ina: C'ilaan Na'[1]) is a small headwater tributary of the Susitna River in the U.S. state of Alaska.

After flowing through a narrow canyon that is 30–150 ft (10–50 m) deep, it joins the Susitna River in its broad valley.

[3]: 5 Valdez Creek has cut its present channel through deep gravels and has intrenched itself in the underlying schist bed rock.

[6]: 6  This set off a minor gold rush in 1904, but due to a lack of promising claims, most prospectors left that fall to return to Valdez.

[5]: 21–22 Mining was restricted at the time to two localities on the stream—Lucky Gulch and the vicinity of Discovery claim at the mouth of Willow Creek.

The summer route started below Gulkana at Bear Creek to "flat country" then went northwesterly for around 130 miles (210 km).

[5]: 23–25 In the summer of 1977, two miners from Talkeetna bulldozed the Denali townsite area, fearing further restrictions on mining after a Bureau of Land Management team visited the former town to do a historical study and assessment.

[3]: 10–14 As of 2021, a total of over 500,000 troy ounces (550,000 oz; 16 t) have been produced from the Valdez Creek area, with the vast majority of the gold being placer deposits.