Birch Creek (Alaska)

Birch Creek

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It rises in the Steese National Conservation Area north of Chena Hot Springs on the Steese Highway in the Tanana Hills, flows first for a few kilometers to the south, then east, then turns north and runs parallel to the Yukon River, in which he finally west discharges from Fort Yukon. The estuary is located in the Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge.

The Birch Creek splits into two estuaries. The north extending Upper Mouth Birch Creek flows 40 km southwest of Fort Yukon in the Yukon River. The Lower Mouth Birch Creek flows south and empties 62 km southwest of Fort Yukon in the Lower Birch Creek Slough, a southern tributary of the Yukon River.

Was named the river mid-19th century by traders of the Hudson's Bay Company from Fort Yukon. The name of the original inhabitants of the upper reaches is " Tohwun - nukakat ". An expedition of the Western Union Telegraph Company reported in 1867 by the name " Nocotocargut ", which presumably refers to the estuary.

1891 gold was discovered in Birch Creek.

The headwaters of Birch Creek in 1980 reported by the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act as a National Wild and Scenic River under the administration of the Bureau of Land Management.

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