Toklat River

The Toklat River (Lower Tanana: Tootl'o Huno') is an 85-mile (137 km) tributary of the Kantishna River in central Alaska in the United States[3] It drains an area on the north slope of the Alaska Range on the south edge of the Tanana Valley southwest of Fairbanks.[4] It issues from unnamed glaciers in the northern Alaska Range in Denali National Park and Preserve, northeast of Denali.[4] It flows generally northwest through hilly country[4] to the tundra to the north of the Alaska Range.

Toklat River
Location of the mouth of the Toklat River in Alaska
Location
Country	United States
State	Alaska
District	Denali Borough, Yukon–Koyukuk Census Area
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Denali National Park and Preserve, Denali Borough
• coordinates	63°24′03″N 149°54′42″W[1]
• elevation	4,195 ft (1,279 m)[2]
Mouth	Kantishna River[3]
• location	50 miles (80 km) east of Bitzshtini Mountains, Yukon–Koyukuk Census Area
• coordinates	64°27′15″N 150°18′43″W[1]
• elevation	377 ft (115 m)[1]
Length	85 mi (137 km)[3]

The river was described as the Toclat by Lt. H.T. Allen in 1885. Other names or variants include Tootl'ot Huno, Tootl'ot Huno' Hutl'ot, Tootl'ot No'  and Tutlut River.[1] Depth of 50 ft, width of 25 ft

Gallery

The East Fork Toklat River winds out of the high mountains of Denali National Park

See also

• List of rivers of Alaska

References

1. "Toklat River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. March 31, 1981. Retrieved October 20, 2013.
2. Derived by entering source coordinates in Google Earth.
3. Orth, Donald J.; United States Geological Survey (1971) [1967]. Dictionary of Alaska Place Names: Geological Survey Professional Paper 567 (PDF). University of Alaska Fairbanks. United States Government Printing Office. p. 973. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 17, 2013. Retrieved October 15, 2013.
4. Alaska Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2010. pp. 103, 113. ISBN 978-0-89933-289-5.