Alaska Gazetteer
Rapid River is a physical feature (stream) in Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Rapid River |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Stream |
| Description: | heads in Canada, flows SW to Porcupine River, 8 mi. N of Old Rampart and 33 mi. ENE of Coleen Mts. Porcupine Plateau |
| History: | "This appears to be the same stream published as Sucker River by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in 1890. The present name was mentioned by R. G. McConnell, Canadian Geological Survey, in 1888 (FitzGerald, 1944, p. 226). So called because of the ""boulder stream rapids that extend three quarters of a mile up stream from its mouth * * *.""" |
| Borough: | Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) Borough |
| Latitude: | 67.2769470215 |
| Longitude: | -141.632781982 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Rapid River: Rapid River.
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Old Rampart, AK
(7.9 miles S) |
Canyon Village, AK
(14.8 miles SW) |
