Alaska Gazetteer
John River is a physical feature (stream) in Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) Borough. The primary coordinates for John River places it within the 99726 ZIP Code delivery area.
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| Feature Name: | John River |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Stream |
| Description: | formed by Contact and Inukpasugruk Creeks, flows S from Anaktuvuk Pass to Koyukuk River, 1 mi. NE of Bettles, Kanuti Flats. |
| History: | "Locally named about 1898 for John Bremner who joined Lieutenant Allen on the Copper River in 1885 and went as far as the Koyukuk with him. Bremner prospected the John River area in 1886 and 1887, and was killed by Koyukuk Indians near Dolmikaket while descending the Koyukuk River that year. The stream came to be known as ""Old Johns River"" or ""Johns River"" by prospectors. These names replaced the name ""Fickett River,"" given in 1885 by Lieutenant Allen (1887, p. 101), who also wrote the Koyukuk Indian name as ""Ascheeshna."" In 1899, T. G. Gerdine, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), recorded the Indian name as ""Totsenbetna.""" |
| Borough: | Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) Borough |
| Latitude: | 66.9136123657 |
| Longitude: | -151.653610229 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for John River: John River.
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Bettles, AK
(3.6 miles E) |
Evansville, AK
(4.1 miles E) |
