Alaska Gazetteer
Big River is a physical feature (stream) in Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) Borough.
Sorry, no local resorces for this location!
| Feature Name: | Big River |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Stream |
| Description: | Heads at a glacier at 614500N, 1540000W, flows NNW to Middle Fork Kuskokwim River 3.3 mi. SE of its junction with Kuskokwim River, 24 mi. E of Mcgrath, Kuskokwim Low. 130 miles long. |
| History: | "Local descriptive name reported in 1909 by Maddren (1910, pl. 1), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The name is a translation of the Eskimo name ""Kwikpak.""" |
| Borough: | Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) Borough |
| Latitude: | 62.9652786255 |
| Longitude: | -154.878051758 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Big River: Big River.
Note that you do not have the right to enter private property without the owner's permission. You do have a right to access goverment property that is open to the general public. The GNIS Feature Detail Report for Big River does not include property ownership information.
| Medfra, AK (11 miles NNE) |
