A new cross-wind airstrip is under construction. ATVs, motor bikes, snowmachines and skiffs are used for fishing, hunting and recreation. The village was once served by barge during high water, but no longer. There is a 26-mile winter trail to Ft. Climate Birch Creek has a continental subarctic climate, characterized by seasonal extremes of temperature.
Winters are long and harsh, summers warm and short.
Extreme temperatures have been measured from -71 to 97. Precipitation averages 6.5 inches, snowfall 43.4 inches. Facilities Water is derived from Birch Creek and a slant well, is treated and stored in a 80,000-gal. tank. Honeybuckets are disposed of in the sewage lagoon or outhouses are used. Since no homes are plumbed, the washeteria is essential for bathing and laundry.