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The Anchor River is a stream on the Kenai Peninsula in the U.S. state of Alaska. [1] Beginning near Bald Mountain on the eastern side of the lower peninsula, if flows generally west for 30 miles (48 km) [1] into Cook Inlet near Anchor Point on the western side of the peninsula. [3] The river mouth is 15 miles (24 km) northwest of Homer. [1]
Kenai River bank. The Kenai River [Kee-nye] is a meltwater river that drains the central Kenai Peninsula region. Its source is the Kenai Lake. [2] Near Cooper Landing, the lake narrows to form the river. About 12 miles (19 km) from the lake, the river passes through Kenai Canyon for about 2 miles (3.2 km) of fast-flowing whitewater rapids.
Immense deposits of gravel occur at a number of localities, but are especially noticeable in the valleys of Sixmile Creek, Resurrection Creek, and Kenai River. The flat-topped benches have an elevation of nearly 1,000 feet (300 m) above sea level around the lower end of Kenai Lake , and the same elevation was observed in the valleys of the ...
The Treadwell gold mine used water from Fish Creek as early as 1885. [1] The Treadwell Ditch, constructed in 1889, brought water sixteen miles from the river to the mines. [2] American dippers were noted nesting near the river in May 2010. [3] Fish Creek also refers to a historical settlement at the mouth of the stream. Homestead claims were ...
Feather River (Alaska) Firth River; Fish Creek (Douglas Island, Juneau, Alaska) Fish River (Alaska) Flambeau River (Alaska) Foraker River; Fortymile River; Fourth of July Creek (Kenai Peninsula, Alaska) Fox River (Alaska) Fox River (Fish River tributary)
South Fork Koyukuk River – 140 miles (230 km) Fish Creek – 60 miles (97 km) Jim River – 60 miles (97 km) John River – 125 miles (201 km) Wild River – 63 miles (101 km) North Fork Koyukuk River – 100 miles (160 km) Tinayguk River – 44 miles (71 km) Middle Fork Koyukuk River – 62 miles (100 km) Hammond River - 38 miles (61 km)
The Resurrection River is a large river on the Kenai Peninsula in Alaska. It rises near Upper Russian Lake in the Kenai Mountains and flows 22 miles (35 km) to empty into Resurrection Bay near Seward. [1] [2] Part of the river passes through Kenai Fjords National Park.
Kenai Lake (Dena'ina: Sqilan Bena) is a large, "zig-zag" shaped lake [2] on the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska. The lake forms the headwaters of the Kenai River , [ 3 ] and is itself a destination for fishing and other outdoor activity.