Information About

Birch Creek

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Birch Creek on The Map

Location

63 ° 52' 0.001" N,
151 ° 33' 20.999" W

Region

Denali

Nearest City

Tanana

Elevation

646 ft (196.9 m)

Birch Creek in Detail.

About

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.