Information About

Birch Creek

Birch Creek

Quick Facts
Region:
  • Denali
Nearest City:
Elevation:
  • 646 ft (196.9 m)
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 of Birch Creek

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.