Alaska Gazetteer
Marsh Fork Canning River is a physical feature (stream) in North Slope Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Marsh Fork Canning River |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Stream |
| Description: | heads at glacier in Philip Smith Mts. flows N to Canning River, 11 mi. NE of Mount Salisbury and 40 mi. W of Mount Michelson, Brooks Range |
| History: | "In 1903 S. J. Marsh, who explored and sketched this stream, called it ""Right Fork,"" after the manner of prospectors who term the tributaries right and left when ascending the stream. ""Marsh Fork"" first appears in Baker's Dictionary, 1906." |
| Borough: | North Slope Borough |
| Latitude: | 69.2098693848 |
| Longitude: | -145.866043091 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Marsh Fork Canning River: Marsh Fork Canning River.
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