| Fourth of July Creek | |
|---|---|
&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Fourth_of_July_Creek_(40784947593).jpg) | |
&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Relief_map_of_USA_Alaska.png)  Location of the mouth of the Fourth of July Creek within Alaska | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Alaska |
| City | Seward, Alaska |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Numerous small glaciers |
| Mouth | Resurrection Bay |
• location | Seward |
• coordinates | 60°04′48″N 149°20′38″W / 60.080°N 149.344°W |
• elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Length | 5 mi (8.0 km) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | mouth |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • right | Godwin Creek |
The Fourth of July Creek is a creek on the Kenai Peninsula in Alaska. It rises on the upper Resurrection Peninsula from various glaciers on Santa Ana Peak in the Chugach Mountains and flows 5 miles (8.0 km) to empty into Resurrection Bay near Seward.[1][2] Fourth of July Creek formed some time after 1850, when Godwin Glacier retreated from the shores of Resurrection Bay, uncovering the stream and the broad valley it flows through.[3] The creek was formerly known as the Godwin River, before the aforementioned glacier split into two valleys creating a separate tributary of the waterway, today known as Godwin Creek.[4]