| Feature Type: | Creek (1) - Watercourse, usually smaller than a river. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Flows S into Koosawu.áa Héen (creek), just W of Koosawu Áa (lake), Cassiar Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 59°36'31"N, 133°28'37"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 104N/11 |
| Related Maps: |
104N/11 104N/12 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Birch Creek adopted 4 October 1951 on 104N as a long-standing, entrenched name; labelled on 1898 map of Atlin (title not cited); on BC Lands and Works 1899 map of the Atlin Gold Fields; identified on approximately 100 placer claim licences. "Birch Creek (not Roach Creek)" identified in the 1930 BC Gazetteer Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Labelled Rush Creek on Geological Survey sheet (title/date not cited). Labelled Roach Creek on 1901 BC Lands and Works map of Atlin, Bennett and Chilkat Mining Divisions. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Headwaters at 59 41 - 133 25. The first tributary of Koosawu.áa Héen (creek). Source: Canadian Geographical Names Database, Ottawa |