Karluk River | |
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Weir on the Karluk River | |
Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Alaska |
Borough | Kodiak Island |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Karluk Lake |
• coordinates | 57°26′30″N 154°06′26″W / 57.44167°N 154.10722°W [1] |
• elevation | 388 ft (118 m) [2] |
Mouth | Shelikof Strait |
• location | Karluk |
• coordinates | 57°34′18″N 154°27′44″W / 57.57167°N 154.46222°W [1] |
• elevation | 0 ft (0 m) [1] |
Length | 24 mi (39 km) [3] |
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]
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]
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Karluk River | |
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Weir on the Karluk River | |
Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Alaska |
Borough | Kodiak Island |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Karluk Lake |
• coordinates | 57°26′30″N 154°06′26″W / 57.44167°N 154.10722°W [1] |
• elevation | 388 ft (118 m) [2] |
Mouth | Shelikof Strait |
• location | Karluk |
• coordinates | 57°34′18″N 154°27′44″W / 57.57167°N 154.46222°W [1] |
• elevation | 0 ft (0 m) [1] |
Length | 24 mi (39 km) [3] |
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]
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]
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