Alaska Gazetteer
Wood River is a physical feature (stream) in Fairbanks North Star Borough. The primary coordinates for Wood River places it within the AK 99704 ZIP Code delivery area.
| Feature Name: | Wood River |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Stream |
| Description: | heads at glacier in Alaska Range at 634200N1473200W flows NW into Tanana River, 14 mi. E of Nenana, Tanana Low. |
| History: | Local name reported in 1906 by L. M. Prindle, (in Brooks and others, 1907, pl. 4), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Probably so called because a riverboat Woodyard was located near the streams mouth. This is probably the same feature Lieutenant Allen (1887, pl. 1), USA, named Bradley River in 1885. |
| Borough: | Fairbanks North Star Borough |
| Latitude: | 64.5849990845 |
| Longitude: | -148.679168701 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Wood River: Wood 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 Wood River does not include property ownership information.
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Nenana, AK
(12.4 miles W) |
Four Mile Road, AK
(13.2 miles W) |
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North Nenana, AK
(12.9 miles W) |
Wood Spur, AK
(13 miles W) |
