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]

See also

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.

64°37′02″N 142°29′19″W / 64.6172°N 142.4887°W / 64.6172; -142.4887



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