Yentna River

Template:Short description Template:Use American English Template:Main otherTemplate:Template otherTemplate:Main other The Yentna River (Dena'ina: Yentnu) is a river in South Central Alaska, formed by its East Fork and West Fork at Template:Coord, flows South-East to Susitna River, Template:Convert North-West of Anchorage, Alaska, at Cook Inlet Low.

History

Tanaina Indian name reported by Spurr (1900, p. 46), United States Geological Survey. "Sometimes called Johnson River after the first white man to ascend it."

Watershed

Location of Susitna, Alaska

Location of Susitna, Alaska

It begins in the Mount Dall and Yentna glacier systems and flows southeast to the Susitna River Template:Convert north of Susitna. The river system (including upstream tributaries) is about Template:Convert long.

Tributaries

From mouth to source:

• Kahiltna River Template:Coord, Elevation: Template:Convert
• Bottle Creek (Yentna River) Template:Coord, Elevation: Template:Convert
• Skwentna River Template:Coord, Elevation: Template:Convert
• East Fork Yentna River Template:Coord, Elevation: Template:Convert
• West Fork Yentna River Template:Coord, Elevation: Template:Convert

Lake Creek just about 8 miles down river from Bottle Creek. Major fishing area: kings, reds, silvers. Winter sports, hunting. Moose Creek, Indian Creek, Fish lakes Creek, Hewitt Creek, Malone's Slough, Donkey Creek, Johnson Creek, Clearwater Creek, Rich Creek, Flag Creek, Delta Creek, Fourth of July Creek, & Kichatna River round out the rest of the main Yentna River Tributaries.

See also

List of rivers of Alaska

References

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