Klehini River

Klehini River
Near mile 27 of the Haines Highway
Countries Canada, United States
Source unnamed glacier
 - location Nadahini Mountain, British Columbia
Mouth Chilkat River
 - location opposite Klukwan, 22 miles (35 km) west of Skagway, St. Elias Mountains, Alaska
 - elevation 112 ft (34 m) [1]
 - coordinates 59°24′42″N 135°55′48″W / 59.41167°N 135.93000°W / 59.41167; -135.93000Coordinates: 59°24′42″N 135°55′48″W / 59.41167°N 135.93000°W / 59.41167; -135.93000 [1]
Length 42 mi (68 km) [2]
Location of the mouth of the Klehini River in Alaska

The Klehini River is a large, glacially fed stream in the vicinity of Haines in the U.S. state of Alaska.

The Klehini River is about 42 miles (68 km) long from its source in British Columbia to its mouth at the Chilkat River,[2] of which it is the largest tributary. The Klehini River is renowned for its salmon runs, its biannual congregation of bald eaglesthe second largest in the Haines area after the Chilkat River's Council Groundsand for the Klehini Falls. The Klehini also delineates the northern boundary of the Chilkat Range.

The lower Klehini is located within the Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve.

Walt Disney's 1991 rendition of White Fang was filmed along the Klehini River.

Klehini Falls

The Klehini Falls are a series of four cataracts in far northwestern British Columbia occurring in a narrow gorge near the headwaters of the Klehini River. The falls are separated from one another by a distance of approximately 300 feet (91 m), with an average plunge of 30 to 40 feet (9.1 to 12.2 m). The individual cataracts are currently unnamed.

Uppermost cataract of Klehini Falls

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Klehini River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. January 1, 2000. Retrieved January 2, 2014.
  2. 1 2 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. 530. Retrieved January 1, 2014.


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