Stikine River

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The Stikine River is a major wild river of northwestern British Columbia and southeastern Alaska, renowned for its deep canyons, rich wildlife habitat, and significance to Indigenous peoples.

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Label Occurrences
Stikine River canonical 3
Stikine 1

Statements (57)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river
transboundary river
associatedWithEthnicGroup Gitxsan (historical trade connections)
Kaska Dena
Tahltan people
Tlingit people
basinCountry Canada
United States of America
borderOf Stikine-LeConte Wilderness
country Canada
United States of America
drainageBasin Pacific Ocean drainage basin
flowsThrough Coast Mountains
Stikine Plateau
Stikine River Provincial Park
Wrangell, Alaska
hasCanyon Grand Canyon of the Stikine
Little Canyon (Stikine)
hasHistoricalUse Indigenous trade route
access route during Cassiar Gold Rush
transportation corridor during fur trade era
hasTributary Choquette River
Chutine River NERFINISHED
Craig River NERFINISHED
Dease River (via Iskut system contextually related)
Flood River
Iskut River
Katete River
Little Tahltan River
McBride River
Mess Creek
Pitman River
Porcupine River (Stikine tributary)
Spatsizi River
Tahltan River
Tuya River NERFINISHED
Verrett River
knownFor deep canyons
importance to Indigenous peoples
remote wilderness
rich wildlife habitat
salmon runs
whitewater kayaking
wild and free-flowing character
length approximately 379 miles
approximately 610 km
locatedIn Alaska
British Columbia
North America
Skeena–Queen Charlotte region context (historical mapping)
mouthLocation Clarence Strait
Pacific Ocean
near Wrangell, Alaska
near Wrangell–St. Elias National Park and Preserve
surface form: Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve
partOf Stikine River watershed
sourceLocation Spatsizi Plateau
northwestern British Columbia

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Coast Mountains drainageTo Stikine River
Wrangell hasNearbyWaterBody Stikine River
Northern British Columbia contains Stikine River
Hazelton partOfProvincialRiding Stikine River
this entity surface form: Stikine