Tsirku River is a physical feature (stream) in Haines Borough. The primary coordinates for Tsirku River places it within the AK 99827 ZIP Code delivery area.
Feature Name: | Tsirku River |
Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
Feature Type: | Physical |
Class: | Stream |
Description: | heads in glacier on N slope of Takhinsha Mts., flows NE to Chilkat River at Klukwan, 21 mi. SW of Skagway, St. Elias Mts |
History: | "Tlingit Indian name reported as ""Zirku"" by Aurel and Arthur Krause (1883, map). The Indian name meaning ""big salmon"" is spelled ""Tsirku"" in the 1883 Coast Pilot (p. 198). It was called ""Tisku River"" by the International Boundary Commission (IBC) in 1899, and ""Salmon River"" by Brooks (1900b, pl. 49), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). According to E. C. Robertson, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the local residents speak of it as the Big Salmon River." |
Borough: | Haines Borough |
Latitude: | 59.3905563354 |
Longitude: | -135.869995117 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Tsirku River: Tsirku River.
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Klukwan, AK
(1.4 miles NNW) Covenant Life, AK (5.8 miles WNW) Lutak, AK (11.3 miles ESE) |
Mosquito Lake, AK
(12.3 miles NW) Haines, AK (18.8 miles SE) |
Chilkat, AK
(1.4 miles NW) Wells, AK (2.7 miles NW) Tanani, AK (17.2 miles ESE) |
Port Chilkoot, AK
(18.9 miles SE) |