Information About

Tana River

Quick Facts

Region:

Valdez-Cordova (CA)

Nearest City:

McCarthy

Tributary to:

Chitina River

Length:

31 mi (49.89 km)

Elevation:

1076 ft (327.96 m)

Fatalities:

3

Locales:

Tana River Canyon,

Wildlife:

About

heads at Tana Glacier terminus and flows NW to Chitina River, 15 mi. S of McCarthy, St. Elias Mts.

History of Tana River

Indian name reported in 1907 by D. C. Witherspoon, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), (Moffit and Maddren, 1909, pl. 1).

Fatalities

August 8, 1988

3 people died

rafting

Found on the following Topo Maps

McCarthy (1951), McCarthy (1951), McCarthy (1951), McCarthy (1951), McCarthy A-5 (1959), McCarthy A-5 (1959), McCarthy (1960), McCarthy (1960), McCarthy (1960), McCarthy (1960), McCarthy (1960), McCarthy (1960), McCarthy (1960), McCarthy A-5 (1994), McCarthy A-5 NW (2017),

Places Near Tana River

Cities:

Nizina, Sourdough,

Cliffs:

Castle Bluffs,

Dams:

Jim Edwards Dam,

Lakes:

Baultoff Lakes, Louise Lake, Star Lake, Threemile Lake,

Locales:

Nizia, Tana River Canyon,

Mountains:

Sourdough Peak, Towhead Mountain,

Ridges:

Sourdough Hill,

Rivers:

Kennicott River, Tana River,

Streams:

Chititu Creek, Farm Creek, Granitic Creek, Hunter Creek, Lake Creek, May Creek, McCarthy Creek, Swift Creek, Willow Creek, Young Creek,

Valleys:

Fivemile Gulch, Jacobson Gulch, Kaufman Gulch, Sawmill Gulch, Tana Canyon,

Cities:

May Creek,