Information About

Chokosna River

Chokosna River

Quick Facts
Region:
  • Valdez-Cordova (CA)
Nearest City:
Elevation:
  • 1319 ft (402.03 m)
About

flows SW to Gilahina River E of Gilahina Butte, 27 mi. W of McCarthy , Copper River Basin. 14 miles long.

History of Chokosna River

Indian name, first recorded on a manuscript map made by prospectors in ; reported in 1901 by T. G. Gerdine, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), it was named "Fitch Creek" by Oscar Rohn in 1899, for H. H. Fitch, one of his packers.