Alaska Gazetteer
Akwe River is a physical feature (stream) in Yakutat Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Akwe River |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Stream |
| Description: | In Tongass National Forest, heading in Akwe Lake at the foot of Chamberlain Glacier and flowing SW, Then SE, to its junction with the Ustay River and then flowing NW behind the beach bar until it reaches the Gulf of Alaska and the Pacific Ocean 30 mi SE of Yakutat Bay, Malaspina Coastal Plain Pass, Talkeetna Mts. 20 miles long. |
| History: | Tlingit Indian name first reported in 1849 by Captain Mikhail Dmitrievich Tebenkof, Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), governor of Russian America (1852, map 7) as Reka Akve or Akve River and since recorded with various spellings. Evidently, the name was applied originally to the whole drainage system between the Italio River and the Alsek delta area but has been restricted in its application since 1901. |
| Borough: | Yakutat Borough |
| Latitude: | 59.2827796936 |
| Longitude: | -139.049438477 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Akwe River: Akwe River.
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