Information About

Big River

Quick Facts

Region:

Valdez-Cordova (CA)

Nearest City:

Yakutat

About

heads at Beare Glacier terminus and flows SW to Gulf of Alaska, 2 mi. NW of Icy Cape and 76 mi. NW of Yakutat, Malaspina Coastal Plain; 7.5 miles long.

History of Big River

Local descriptive name reported in 1913 by A. G. Maddren, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

Found on the following Topo Maps

Icy Bay D-2 and D-3 (1948), Icy Bay (1950), Icy Bay D-2 and D-3 (1951), Icy Bay (1951), Icy Bay D-2 and D-3 (1959), Icy Bay D-2 and D-3 (1959), Icy Bay D-2 and D-3 (1959), Icy Bay (1961), Icy Bay (1961), Icy Bay (1961), Icy Bay D-3 NE (2017),

Places Near Big River

Bays:

Guyot Bay,

Capes:

Claybluff Point, Icy Cape,

Glaciers:

Beare Glacier, Lare Glacier,

Mountains:

Mount Eberly, Mount McPherson, Munday Peak,

Rivers:

Big River, Little River, Priest River,

Streams:

Big Sandy Creek, Crystal Creek, Davis Creek, Johnston Creek, Lydick Creek, Munday Creek, Watson Creek,