near mouth of Goldstream Creek, 34 mi. NW of Fairbanks; Tanana Low.
this is a Tanana Indian name published in 1861 by P. Tikhmeniev as "Oz(ero) Mintokh" or "Lake Mintokh." apply the name to a vaguely shown single lake, present-day usage applies the name to all the lakes in this lowland area. Geoghegan spells the name "Mintu," the first syllable, "min", meaning "lake."
Beaver Dam Lake, Bridge Lake, Minto Lakes, Twomile Lake, Wooden Canoe Lake,
Streams:Glacier Creek, Goldstream Creek, Hard Luck Creek, Little Goldstream Creek,
Sorted by Most Common to Least Common Viewings
American Wigeon, Northern Pintail, Cackling Goose, Northern Shoveler, Green-winged Teal, Canada Goose, Lesser Scaup, Bufflehead, Common Goldeneye, Greater White-fronted Goose, Mallard, Sandhill Crane, Greater Scaup, Long-billed Dowitcher, Ring-necked Duck, Trumpeter Swan, Rusty Blackbird, Common Loon, Common Redpoll, Lesser Yellowlegs, Bank Swallow, Lincoln's Sparrow, Western Sandpiper, Savannah Sparrow, Tree Swallow, White-crowned Sparrow, Horned Grebe, Least Sandpiper, Canvasback, Herring Gull, Blue-winged Teal, Yellow Warbler, Surf Scoter, Semipalmated Plover, Pectoral Sandpiper, Red-necked Phalarope, Gadwall, Red-necked Grebe, Common Gull, White-winged Scoter, Orange-crowned Warbler, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Lapland Longspur, American Tree Sparrow, Bald Eagle, Tundra Swan, Wilson's Snipe, Short-eared Owl, Common Raven, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Solitary Sandpiper, Northern Harrier, Black-capped Chickadee, American Robin, Pine Siskin, Long-tailed Duck, Sanderling, Greater Yellowlegs, Pacific Loon, Peregrine Falcon, Boreal Chickadee, Dark-eyed Junco, Hudsonian Godwit, Baird's Sandpiper, Spotted Sandpiper, Glaucous-winged Gull, Arctic Tern, Belted Kingfisher, Merlin, Alder Flycatcher, Gray Jay, Northern Waterthrush, Ruffed Grouse, Black-bellied Plover, American Golden Plover, Whimbrel, Black Turnstone, Surfbird, Stilt Sandpiper, Long-tailed Jaeger, Bonaparte's Gull, Red-throated Loon, Sharp-shinned Hawk, Northern Goshawk, Red-tailed Hawk, Rough-legged Hawk, Great Horned Owl, Downy Woodpecker, American Kestrel, Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, Hammond's Flycatcher, Say's Phoebe, Northern Shrike, Horned Lark, Violet-green Swallow, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Varied Thrush, Northern Wheatear, Buff-bellied Pipit, Tennessee Warbler