Alaska Gazetteer
Birch Creek is a physical feature (stream) in Denali Borough. The primary coordinates for Birch Creek places it within the 99743 ZIP Code delivery area.
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| Feature Name: | Birch Creek |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Stream |
| Description: | heads at glacier terminus in Denali National Park, flows N joins McKinley River to form Kantishna River, 23 mi. E of village of Lake Minchumina, Tanana Low. |
| History: | "Local name reported in 1910 by A. H. Brooks, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). In 1899 Lieutenant Herron (1901, p. 45 and map), USA, recorded the Tanana Indian name for the lower course of theis stream, which he showed heading in Lake Minchumina, as ""Nitz-u-tal-ee-na River."" See Muddy River." |
| Borough: | Denali Borough |
| Latitude: | 63.8666648865 |
| Longitude: | -151.555831909 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Birch Creek: Birch Creek.
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