Information About

McKinley River

McKinley River

Quick Facts
Region:
  • Denali
Nearest City:
Tributary to:
Length:
  • 58 mi (93.34 km)
Elevation:
  • 646 ft (196.9 m)
Tributaries :
About

heads at Muldrow Glacier terminus, flows NW joins Birch Creek to form Kantishna River, 23 mi. E of village of Lake Minchumina, Alaska Range

History of McKinley River

Named in 1902; Mckinley Fork by A. H. Brooks shown as Mckinley River on a 1905 manuscript map of Kantishna Gold Fields, by A. Friedrich, prospector.