Merry Christmas Creek

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Merry Christmas Creek is a stream in Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Alaska, in the United States. [1] It is a tributary of Slate Creek. [2]

Prospectors likely coined the name which first appeared on a government map in 1902. [3]

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Merry Christmas Creek
  2. Baker, Marcus (1906). Geographic Dictionary of Alaska. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 433.
  3. Orth, Donald J. (1967). Dictionary of Alaska Place Names. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 635.

Coordinates: 64°37′02″N142°29′19″W / 64.6172°N 142.4887°W / 64.6172; -142.4887