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Birchwood Creek

Category : Creek
 

This official name is an English translation of the local Cree name Waskweyattik, meaning "birch tree." Birch trees are common along the banks of this creek.

Flows north-west into MacKay River approximately 51 km north-west of Fort McMurray.

Location Name : Birchwood Creek
National Topographic System (NTS) : 84 A/16
 
Sub Section | Section | Township | Range | Meridian
21-91-14-W4
 
Latitude (N) | Longitude (W)
56° 54' N 112° 11' W
 
The content above is directly derived from :
Place Names of Alberta - Volume IV
Northern Alberta

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