Information About

Happy River

Quick Facts

Region:

Matanuska-Susitna

Nearest City:

Sunset

Tributary to:

Skwentna River

Length:

45 mi (72.42 km)

Elevation:

820 ft (249.94 m)

Tributaries:

Glacier Creek, Moose Creek,

About

Heads in Teocalli Mountains, 4.5 mi WSW of Houston Pass, flows NE, then SE, to the Skwentna River 28 mi N of Mount Gerdine, 75 mi. NW of Tyonek, Alaska Range. 45 miles long.

History of Happy River

Named by Josiah Edward Spurr (1900, p. 50), geologist, and William Schuyler Post, topographer, while on a U.S. Geological Survey reconnaissance in SW Alaska in 1898. Spurr wrote on June 27, 1898, "This stream, which we named Happy River, we worked...in constant risk of losing our boats and provisions, and succeeded in advancing only about half a mile."

Found on the following Topo Maps

Tyonek (1949), Tyonek (1949), Tyonek (1951), Tyonek (1958), Tyonek (1958), Tyonek (1958), Tyonek (1958), Tyonek (1958), Tyonek (1958), Tyonek D-7 (1958), Tyonek D-7 (1958), Tyonek D-7 NE (2016),

Places Near Happy River

Areas:

Kech-itnu Hdakaq-,

Lakes:

Finnbear Lake, Shirley Lake,

Mountains:

Columbia Peak, Distin Peak, McDoel Peak,

Ridges:

Long Lake Hills,

Rivers:

Chickak River, Happy River,

Streams:

Old Man Creek, Portage Creek,