Information About

Twelvemile Island

Quick Facts

Region:

Yukon-Koyukuk (CA)

Nearest City:

Fort Yukon

Elevation:

453 ft (138.07 m)

About

in the Yukon River, 12 mi. SE of Fort Yukon, Yukon Flats.

History of Twelvemile Island

Local name reported by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in 1956; so named because the island is 12 miles upstream from Fort Yukon; the island was shown on Edwards' Track Chart of the Yukon in 1899 as "Seventeenmile Island."

Found on the following Topo Maps

Fort Yukon (1956), Fort Yukon (1956), Fort Yukon (1956), Fort Yukon (1956), Fort Yukon (1956), Fort Yukon (1956), Fort Yukon (1956), Fort Yukon B-3 (1956), Fort Yukon B-3 (1956),

Places Near Twelvemile Island

Cities:

Fort Yukon,

Islands:

Homebrew Island, Jenny Island, Rodman Island, Toussaint Island, Twelvemile Island,

Lakes:

Emile Lake, Hospital Lake, Laura Lake, Ninemile Lake, Otto Lake, Sixmile Lake,

Rivers:

Sucker River,

Streams:

Bear Blanket Slough, Black River Slough, Eightmile Slough, Seventeenmile Slough, Seventeenmile Slough, Squirrel Creek, Yllota Slough,