Everything about Susitna River totally explained
The big
Susitna River is the 15th. largest river in the United States of America, ranked by average discharge volume at its mouth.
History
Tanaina Indian name meaning "sandy river" published by the
Russian Hydrog. Dept. as "R(eka) Sushitna," meaning
Sushitna River, on Chart 1378 dated
1847. The
Susitna River appears to have been first explored in
1834, by a "
Creole named
Malakov", and the name may have been obtained by the Russians at that time (Dall,
1870, p.12,273). The present spelling of the name has evolved due to
euphemistic reasons.
Description
The
Susitna River heads at
Susitna Glacier, in
Alaska Range, flows SW to
Cook Inlet, W of
Anchorage, Alaska Cook Inlet Low.
There are several rivers flowing into the big
Susitna River including East Fork
Susitna River and West Fork
Susitna River. The
Little Susitna River is a separate river system which flows into the
Cook Inlet on the other side of
Susitna Flats.
The
Susitna River (
Dena'ina susitnu, literally 'sand river') is a long
river in the
southcentral region of the
U.S. state of
Alaska. It, along with the
Matanuska River, drains the broad
Matanuska-Susitna Valley south of the
Alaska Range.
It rises in the
Susitna Glacier on
Mount Hayes in the
Alaska Range near . It flows in winding course generally southwest to
Curry, then south, along the west side of the
Talkeetna Mountains, past
Talkeetna,
Chulitna River, and
Susitna, and drains into
Cook Inlet approximately 25 mi (40 km) west of
Anchorage.
It receives the
Yentna River from the northwest approximately 5 mi (8 km) north of
Susitna. It is navigable to 85 mi (137 km) upstream from its mouth to
Talkeetna.
The
Susitna River is one of
Southcentral Alaska's premier sport
fishing streams, with significant runs of
Chinook and
Coho salmon, along with resident
grayling,
burbot, and
rainbow trout. Located within a roadless area, access to the river is difficult and is made usually by power boat from the
Susitna River or by floatplane.
Matanuska-Susitna Borough owns much of the land along the
Susitna river along with the
Deshka River. The impacts of Summer recreational use and tourists have caused loss of
riparian vegetation and bank
erosion along the
Deshka River's lower reaches, which has been partially remedied through a restoration project in the Summer of 2002. However, the
borough currently lacks either regulations to prevent further damage or the means to enforce such regulations.
Etymology
The
Susitna River stretches from the
Susitna Glacier to
Cook Inlet. "Susitna" River, named by the
Tanaina Indians, means "sandy river". The
Susitna River appears to have been first explored in 1834 by a
Creole Indian named
Malakor. The 1890
census reported that
Susitna Village on the east bank of the
Susitna River had 146
Kenai Indians and 27 houses.
Location
(1329) Big
Susitna River is on the North side of
Cook Inlet North-East of
North Foreland.
Mount Susitna,
a prominent landmark along the upper part of the inlet,
is about West of the big
Susitna River at a point above the mouth.
(1330) The channels across the flats at the mouth of big
Susitna River have depths of or less at low water and change during the
winter and
spring because of ice and
freshet action.
The channels above the mouth are said to change frequently in the spring and early
summer.
Between April 12th. and May 10th.,
the ice breaks-up for the Summer.
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