Karluk River

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]

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

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]

See also

• List of rivers of Alaska

References

1. "Karluk River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. March 31, 1981. Retrieved December 4, 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). United States Government Printing Office. p. 497. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 17, 2013. Retrieved December 4, 2013.
4. Alaska Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2010. p. 44. ISBN 978-0-89933-289-5.
5. 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.