Birch Creek (Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska
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Name (Latin)
Birch Creek (Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska : River)
Coordinates
-145.5266667 -145.5266667 65.43861111 65.43861111 (gooearth )
See Also From tracing topical name
Rivers Alaska
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Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q864994
Library of congress:
sh2003007109
Sources of Information
- Work cat.: Townsend, A.H. Distribution of fishes in Alaska's upper Birch Creek drainage during 1984, 1990, and 1995, 1996:p. 1 (Birch Creek is located in the Circle Mining District approx. 160 km (100 mi) northeast of Fairbanks, Alaska; originates in the Yukon/Tanana uplands and flows 502 km (314 mi) to the Yukon River at a point 4.8 km (3 mi) south of the Arctic Circle)
- GNIS, June 30, 2003(Birch Creek, stream, AK, Yukon-Koyukuk (CA); formed by confluence of Ptarmigan and Eagle Creeks and flows N to its Lower and Upper Mouth, distributaries which flow to the Yukon River SW of Fort Yukon, Yukon-Flats; named by traders of the Hudson's Bay Company at Fort Yukon in the mid 1800's; its Indian name, applied to its Upper Mouth, was reported to be "Tohwun-nukakat," and the "Nocotocargut" reported by the Western Union Telegraph expedition in 1867 probably applies to its Lower Mouth; 4 other streams and 1 locale with same name in Yukon-Koyukuk CA and also streams with same name in other boroughs and census areas)