Karluk River

Karluk River
Weir on the Karluk River
Country United States
State Alaska
Borough Kodiak Island
Source Karluk Lake
 - elevation 388 ft (118 m) [1]
 - coordinates 57°26′30″N 154°06′26″W / 57.44167°N 154.10722°W / 57.44167; -154.10722 [2]
Mouth Shelikof Strait
 - location Karluk
 - elevation 0 ft (0 m) [2]
 - coordinates 57°34′18″N 154°27′44″W / 57.57167°N 154.46222°W / 57.57167; -154.46222Coordinates: 57°34′18″N 154°27′44″W / 57.57167°N 154.46222°W / 57.57167; -154.46222 [2]
Length 24 mi (39 km) [3]
Location of the mouth of the Karluk River in Alaska

The Karluk River is a stream, 24 miles (39 km) long, on Kodiak Island in the U.S. state of Alaska.[3] It begins at Karluk Lake in the Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge and flows north and then northwest through Karluk Lagoon to the Shelikof Strait at Karluk.[4]

Sportfishing is popular in this river basin, "the largest and most productive" on Kodiak Island.[5] It has significant runs of sockeye salmon, Coho, pink, Chinook, and chum salmon, and steelhead, and Dolly Varden trout are also prevalent.[5] The entire main stem, rated Class I (easy) on the International Scale of River Difficulty, is floatable by raft or kayak.[5]

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References

  1. ↑ Derived by entering source coordinates in Google Earth.
  2. 1 2 3 "Karluk River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. March 31, 1981. Retrieved December 4, 2013.
  3. 1 2 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. 497. Retrieved December 4, 2013.
  4. ↑ Alaska Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2010. p. 44. ISBN 978-0-89933-289-5.
  5. 1 2 3 Limeres, Rene; Pedersen, Gunnar; et al. (2005). Alaska Fishing: The Ultimate Angler's Guide (3rd ed.). Roseville, California: Publishers Design Group. pp. 336–37. ISBN 1-929170-11-4.


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