Beaver Creek (Alaska)
Beaver Creek is a clear water river in Alaska. Its headwaters are in the White Mountains, (around 50 miles north of Fairbanks) and from there it flows through the Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge before joining the Yukon River.
In 1980, The Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act designated Beaver Creek, the first 127 miles of which are within the White Mountains National Recreation Area and the last 16 miles within the Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge, as part of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.
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