Information About

Bremner River

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Bremner River on The Map

Location

60 ° 50' 42" N,
144 ° 31' 0.001" W

Region

Valdez-Cordova (CA)

Nearest City

Chitina

Tributary to

Copper River

Tributaries

Little Bremner River,

Tributaries

Salmon Creek,

Length

40 mi (64.37 km)

Elevation

174 ft (53.04 m)

Bremner River in Detail.

About

heads at junction of its North and Middle Forks, and flows SW to Copper River, 45 mi. N of Katalla, Chugach Mts. 40 miles long.

History

Named in 1885 by Lieutenant H. T. Allen (1887, p. 44,45), USA, for John Bremner, prospector who ascended the Copper River, in 1884, as far as Taral and wintered there. See John River. Lieutenant Allen also gave the Indian name as "Tetahena," which means "flowing river."

Topo Maps

Cordova (1948), Cordova (1948), Cordova (1951), Cordova (1951), Cordova (1951), Cordova (1959), Cordova (1959), Cordova (1959), Cordova (1959), Cordova (1959), Cordova (1959), Cordova D-2 (1959), Cordova D-2 (1994), Cordova D-2 SE (2014),
Places Near Bremner River
Glaciers:

LaGorce Glacier,

Lakes:

Miles Lake, Steamboat Lake, Van Cleve Lake,

Mountain Passes:

Happell Slough,

Rapids:

Abercrombie Rapids,

Rivers:

Allen River, Bremner River, Little Bremner River, Wernicke River,

Streams:

Abercrombie Creek, Chinaman Slough, Eagle Creek, MacCreel Creek, Nels Miller Slough, Salmon Creek,

Valleys:

Baird Canyon,