Tlikakila River

River in Alaska, United States

60°47′06″N 152°47′46″W / 60.78500°N 152.79611°W / 60.78500; -152.79611^[1] • elevation888 ft (271 m)^[2] MouthLittle Clark Lake

• location

45 miles (72 km) northeast of Nondalton, Lake and Peninsula Borough

• coordinates

60°23′31″N 153°48′37″W / 60.39194°N 153.81028°W / 60.39194; -153.81028^[1]

• elevation

253 ft (77 m)^[1]Length51 mi (82 km)^[3]Basin size622 sq mi (1,610 km²)^[4]

National Wild and Scenic River

TypeWildDesignatedDecember 2, 1980

The Tlikakila River (Dena'ina Athabascan Łiq'a Qilanhtnu, literally "salmon-are-there river")^[5] is a stream, 51 miles (82 km) long,^[3] in the U.S. state of Alaska. The river, lying entirely within Lake Clark National Park, flows southwest from Summit Lake in the Chigmit Mountains of the Aleutian Range to Lake Clark.^[6]

The Tlikakila is one of three national "wild rivers" in Lake Clark National Park.^[3] The other two are the Mulchatna and the Chilikadrotna,^[3] all added in 1980 to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.^[7]

Boating

Varying from Class I (easy) to III (difficult) on the International Scale of River Difficulty, the Tlikakila River is floatable by raft and kayak. The Alaska River Guide describes it as suitable for "intermediate boaters with good wilderness skills".^[4] To reach the floatable parts of the river from Summit Lake, boaters must make a 2-mile (3 km) portage.^[3] Dangers include Class III rapids, which may require a second portage below the confluence with the North Fork Tlikakila River. Bears pose another danger, as does quicksand on the lower river.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Tlikakila River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. January 1, 2000. Retrieved November 28, 2013.
^ Derived by entering source coordinates in Google Earth.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Lake Clark National Preserve and Park: Rafting". National Park Service. Retrieved November 29, 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c Jettmar, Karen (2008) [1993]. The Alaska River Guide: Canoeing, Kayaking, and Rafting in the Last Frontier (3rd ed.). Birmingham, Alabama: Menasha Ridge Press. pp. 189–90. ISBN 978-0-89732-957-6.
^ Bright, William. Native American Placenames of the United States. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. p. 498. ISBN 0-8061-3576-X.
^ Alaska Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2010. pp. 67–68. ISBN 978-0-89933-289-5.
^ "Tlikalkila River, Alaska". National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. Retrieved November 29, 2013.

Protected areas of Alaska

Federal

National Parks	Denali Gates of the Arctic Glacier Bay Katmai Kenai Fjords Kobuk Valley Lake Clark Wrangell–St. Elias
National Historical Parks	Klondike Gold Rush (Chilkoot Trail) Sitka
National Monuments	Admiralty Island (USFS) Aleutian Islands World War II (FWS) Aniakchak Cape Krusenstern Misty Fjords (USFS)
National Preserves	Bering Land Bridge Noatak Yukon–Charley Rivers
National Wildlife Refuges	Alaska Maritime Alaska Peninsula Arctic Becharof Innoko Izembek Kanuti Kenai Kodiak Koyukuk Nowitna Selawik Tetlin Togiak Yukon Delta Yukon Flats
National Forests	Chugach Tongass
Forest Service units	Mendenhall Glacier
U.S. Wilderness Areas	Aleutian Islands Andreafsky Becharof Bering Sea Bogoslof Chamisso Chuck River Coronation Island Denali Endicott River Forrester Island Gates of the Arctic Glacier Bay Hazy Islands Innoko Izembek Karta River Katmai Kenai Kobuk Valley Kootznoowoo Koyukuk Kuiu Lake Clark Maurille Islands Misty Fjords Mollie Beattie Noatak Nunivak Petersburg Creek–Duncan Salt Chuck Pleasant/Lemesurier/Inian Islands Russell Fiord Saint Lazaria Selawik Semidi Simeonof South Baranof South Etolin South Prince of Wales Stikine-LeConte Tebenkof Bay Togiak Tracy Arm-Fords Terror Tuxedni Unimak Warren Island West Chichagof-Yakobi Wrangell–Saint Elias
Wild and Scenic Rivers	Alagnak Alatna Andreafsky Aniakchak Beaver Creek Birch Creek Charley Chilikadrotna Delta Fortymile Gulkana Ivishak John Kobuk North Fork Koyukuk Mulchatna Noatak Nowitna Salmon Selawik Sheenjek Tinayguk Tlikakila Unalakleet Wind
National Conservation Area	Steese

State

State Parks	Afognak Island Chilkat Chugach Denali Kachemak Bay Point Bridget Shuyak Island Wood-Tikchik
State Forests	Haines Southeast Tanana Valley