Information About

Gulkana River

Quick Facts

Region:

Valdez-Cordova (CA)

Nearest City:

Glennallen

Tributary to:

Copper River

Length:

60 mi (96.56 km)

Elevation:

1302 ft (396.85 m)

Fatalities:

1

Tributaries:

Bear Creek,

Wildlife:

About

Heads at the SE end of Summit Lake at 630625N, 1452945W, flows S to the Copper River, 9 mi NE of Glennallen. 60 miles long.

History of Gulkana River

Indian name reported by Oscar Rohn in 1899 as "Kulkana." Captain W. R. Abercrombie, USA, changed Rohn's spelling to its present form. Lieutenant H. T. Allen, USA, reported "Tonkina" as the streams Indian name in 1885.

Fatalities

May 20, 1988

1 person died

rafting

Found on the following Topo Maps

Gulkana A-3 (1949), Gulkana A-3 (1949), Gulkana A-3 (1949), Gulkana A-3 (1949), Gulkana (1951), Gulkana (1951), Gulkana (1951), Gulkana (1951), Gulkana A-3 (1952), Gulkana A-3 (1952), Gulkana (1959), Gulkana (1959), Gulkana (1959), Gulkana (1959), Gulkana (1959), Gulkana (1959), Gulkana (1959), Gulkana (1965), Gulkana A-3 NW (2016),

Places Near Gulkana River

Cities:

Glennallen,

Lakes:

Birch Lake,

Rivers:

Gakona River, Gulkana River, Tazlina River,

Streams:

Bear Creek, Dry Creek, Moose Creek,

Routes:

Trans-Alaska Trail - Willow Lake to Glennallen,

Cities:

Copperville, Gakona, Gakona Junction, Gulkana, Tazlina,

Gulkana River Gallery

Pictures of, from, or near Gulkana River.