Chilkoot River is a physical feature (stream) in Haines Borough. The primary coordinates for Chilkoot River places it within the AK 99827 ZIP Code delivery area.
Feature Name: | Chilkoot River |
Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
Feature Type: | Physical |
Class: | Stream |
Description: | heads at glacier terminus, flows SE, through Chilkoot Lake, to Lutak Inlet, 12 mi. SW of Skagway, Coast Mts. 20 miles long. |
History: | "Tlingit Indian name published by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in the 1883 Coast Pilot as ""Chilcoot"". The Tlingit name ""Katschkahin"" was recorded, by Aurel and Arthur Krause (1883, map), for the part of the river above the lake. The part of the river between Lutak Inlet and Chilkoot Lake was called ""Deyea"" on U.S. Navy Hydrographic Chart 883 in 1881." |
Borough: | Haines Borough |
Latitude: | 59.3738899231 |
Longitude: | -135.625 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Chilkoot River: Chilkoot River.
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Lutak, AK
(3.1 miles SE) Klukwan, AK (9.4 miles WNW) Haines, AK (11.9 miles SSE) Skagway, AK (12.4 miles ENE) |
Covenant Life, AK
(14.4 miles WNW) Mud Bay, AK (17.3 miles SSE) Mosquito Lake, AK (19.6 miles WNW) |
Tanani, AK
(9.7 miles SE) Chilkat, AK (9.8 miles W) Wells, AK (11.3 miles WNW) Port Chilkoot, AK (12 miles SSE) |