Unalakleet River

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The Unalakleet River is a 145 km long river in western Alaska. It rises west of Kaltag Kaltag in the Mountains, a mountain range of the Nulato Hills, and flows southwestward to the mouth in the Norton Sound at Unalakleet. The valley of the river, the Kaltag Portage, is a passage through the coastal mountains, which was also used in 1925 for the caused by a diphtheria epidemic dogsled relay to Nome.

The North River empties 6 km east of Unalakleet from the north into the river.

The name " Unalakleet " has its origin has been written in the name of the original inhabitants of the river, which had been recorded 1842-44 as " R ( eka ) Unalaklik " and 1852 on a Russian map " Unalaklit ".

The first 105 km of the Unalakleet River in 1980 reported by the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act as a National Wild and Scenic River under the administration of the Bureau of Land Management.

Municipality Unalakleet, Alaska National Wild and Scenic Rivers System Kaltag, Alaska Alagnak River Alatna River Andreafsky River Aniakchak River Beaver Creek (Alaska) Birch Creek (Alaska) Charley River Delta River Fortymile River Gulkana River Ivishak River John River (Alaska) Kobuk River Koyukuk River Noatak River Nowitna River Selawik River Sheenjek River Tinayguk River Tlikakila River Wind River (Yukon–Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska)
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