Koyukuk River

Koyukuk River from the air

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South Fork of the Koyukuk in Kanuti National Wildlife Refuge

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The Koyukuk River is a 680 km long river in northern Alaska. Its headwaters located in the Endicott Mountains, a mountain range in the Brooks Range. He feeds the Yukon River, into which it flows near the village of Koyukuk in an institution situated in Koyukuk National Wildlife Refuge large floodplain. Some of his arms - North Fork, Middle Fork and South Fork - reach up into the Arctic Circle and in the Gates -of -the- Arctic National Park.

The North Fork Koyukuk River, the right source river of the Koyukuk River is designated as a National Wild and Scenic River. The Tinayguk River is a right tributary of the North Fork Koyukuk River and also protected as a National Wild and Scenic River. The Glacier River is a left tributary of the North Fork Koyukuk River.

The Middle Fork Koyukuk River, the left source river of the Koyukuk River, formed by the confluence of two rivers Bettles River and Dietrich River south of Atigun Pass.

The South Fork Koyukuk River flows 50 km west of the emergence of the Koyukuk River from the left in the Koyukuk River.

The two right-hand tributaries Alatna River and John River, which originate in the Brooks Range and south through the Gates of the Arctic National Park and the Koyukuk River flow to carry the status of a National Wild and Scenic River.

Other inflows that hit the lower reaches of the Koyukuk River, are the Hogatza River from the Brooks Range in the north and the Kanuti River from the south Kanuti National Wildlife Refuge.

History

Soldiers of the United States Army in 1885 for the first time explored the river. Discovery of gold in 1893 and the Gold Rush of the Klondike River in 1898 led to the colonization of the area with trading posts and mining camps. 1929 explored the environmental activist Robert Marshall the area and gave the running Brooks Range along the river called " Gates of the Arctic ".

The 164 km long part of the North Fork of the Koyukuk River in the National Park was designated in 1980 by the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act as a National Wild and Scenic River under the administration of the National Park Service.

The Koyukuk River is in accordance with the Koyukon, a group athapaskischer people in northern Alaska, named.

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