Kantishna River

Kantishna River in Detail.

heads at junction of Birch Creek and McKinley River, flows N to Tanana River, 32 mi. NW of Nenana, Tanana Low.

There was considerable confusion over the application of this Indian name prior to adequate mapping. Lieutenant J. S. Herron, USA, in 1899 appears to have been first to show a name for the stream when he wrote both Indian names, "Toclat (Con-tay-th-no);" recognizing the possible confusion of application with the name "Toclat River" of Lieutenant H. T. Allen, USA, in 1885. Herron also wrote the name as "Con-tay-thno." A. H. Brooks, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), called the stream "Toklat" in 1902. Lieutenant Gibbs, USA, in 1902 and D. L. Reaburn, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in 1903 both mapped the mouth of the stream in its correct position showing it to be the same which Lieutenant Allen called "Dugan" in 1885 for Lieutenant Thomas Buchanan Dugan, USA. Gibbs wrote "Cantishna" and Reaburn "Kantishna." The name "Toklat River" is now applied to a branch of the Kantishna.