Fox River (Alaska)

For other uses, see Fox River (disambiguation).

Fox River is a stream, 27 miles (43 km) long, on the Kenai Peninsula in the U.S. state of Alaska.^[1] The river heads at the terminus of the Chernof Glacier in the Kenai Mountains, then flows southwest to the northeast end of Kachemak Bay.^[3][4] The river mouth is 24 miles (39 km) northeast of Homer.^[5]

Fox River
Location of the mouth of the Fox River in Alaska
Location
Country	United States
State	Alaska
Borough	Kenai Peninsula
Physical characteristics
Source	Kenai Mountains
• location	Chernof Glacier, Kenai National Wildlife Refuge
• coordinates	59°55′47″N 150°34′01″W[1]
• elevation	1,357 ft (414 m)[2]
Mouth	Kachemak Bay, Cook Inlet
• location	northeast of Homer
• coordinates	59°47′29″N 151°00′07″W[1]
• elevation	7 ft (2.1 m)[1]
Length	27 mi (43 km)[1]

A census-designated place of the same name lies along the river.^[6] The river's name was first reported by Dall (1895) and may have been for Theodore Fox of the North Pacific Mining and Transportation Company, which began operations on the bay in the prior year.^[5]

See also

• List of rivers of Alaska

References

1. "Fox River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. March 31, 1981. Retrieved December 12, 2013.
2. Derived by entering source coordinates in Google Earth.
3. Baker, Marcus (1906). Geographic Dictionary of Alaska (2nd ed.). U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 266. Retrieved March 31, 2013.
4. Alaska Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2010. pp. 62–63. ISBN 978-0-89933-289-5.
5. Orth, Donald J.; United States Geological Survey (1971) [1967]. Dictionary of Alaska Place Names: Geological Survey Professional Paper 567 (PDF). United States Government Printing Office. p. 352. Retrieved December 16, 2013.
6. "Fox River Census Designated Place". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. April 11, 2008. Retrieved December 12, 2013.