Description

Woodchopper Creek is located heads at 651100N1434600W, flows NE to Yukon River 16 mi. NW of its junction with Charley River, Yukon-Tanana High.

History

Local name found on a manuscript map by E. F. Ball dated 1898 and on a fieldsheet prepared by A. J. Collier, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in 1902. The name may allude to woodchopping on the banks of this stream to furnish fuel for river steamboats.

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