Information About

Big Delta

Quick Facts

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Location

64 ° 9' 9" N,
145 ° 50' 31.999" W

Region

Southeast Fairbanks (CA)

Nearest City

Delta Junction

Elevation

997 ft (303.89 m)

Big Delta in Detail.

About

At the junction of Delta and Tanana Rivers, 73 miles southwest of Fairbanks.

History

Village established in 1904 by the U.S. Army Signal Corps as the Mccarthy (or Mccarty) Telegraph Station. The Washburn post office was established here, or near here, and operated from 1905 to 1913. The Big Delta post office operated from 1925 to 1959, from which the village received its present name. Its population was 155 in 1950.

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Places Near Big Delta
Channels:

Mason Narrows,

Cities:

Delta Junction,

Flats:

Shaw Creek Flats, Shaw Creek Flats,

Lakes:

Big D Pond, Bluff Cabin Lake, Little Lost Lake, Lost Lake, Quartz Lake, Richardson 81 Mile Pond, Thompson Lake,

Mountains:

Fourmile Hill,

Rapids:

Bates Rapids,

Ridges:

Bluff Cabin Ridge,

Rivers:

Delta River, Goodpaster River,

Streams:

Caribou Creek, Cottonwood Creek, Flat Creek, Indian Creek, Jarvis Creek,

Cities:

Big Delta,