Birch Creek is a stream in Menominee County, Michigan, in the United States.[1] It is a tributary of Springer Creek.[2]

The stream headwaters arise approximately 1.5 miles east of US Route 41 at 45°14′45″N 87°35′20″W / 45.24583°N 87.58889°W / 45.24583; -87.58889[1] and it flows generally southward past the community of Birch Creek. It enters Springer Creek approximately one-half mile from Green Bay[2] at 45°11′01″N 87°34′25″W / 45.18361°N 87.57361°W / 45.18361; -87.57361.[1]

Birch Creek was named from groves of black birch near the stream.[3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Birch Creek (Menominee County, Michigan)
  2. 1 2 Birch Creek, MI, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1963 (1977 rev.)
  3. ↑ Chicago and North Western Railway Company (1908). A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways. p. 44.



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