Information About

Pile River

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Pile River on The Map

Location

59 ° 47' 30.001" N,
153 ° 54' 32" W

Region

Lake and Peninsula

Nearest City

Newhalen

Tributary to

Kvichak River

Length

29 mi (46.67 km)

Elevation

46 ft (14.02 m)

Pile River in Detail.

About

heads at a glacier at 600500N, 1532500W, and flows SW to Pile Bay, 35 mi. NW of Augustine I., Aleutian Range

History

Name reported as Syooknook River by W. E. Smith, Chief Engineer, Alaska Short Line Railway in 1907, but local usage favored Pile River because the stream flows to Pile Bay. The name published by Martin and Katz (1912, pl. 1), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

Topo Maps

Iliamna (1952), Iliamna (1952), Iliamna (1952), Iliamna (1952), Iliamna D-3 (1954), Iliamna D-3 (1954), Iliamna (1957), Iliamna (1957), Iliamna (1957), Iliamna (1957), Iliamna (1957), Iliamna (1957), Iliamna (1957),
Places Near Pile River
Bays:

Durants Cove, Lonesome Bay, Pile Bay,

Capes:

Lonesome Point,

Channels:

Big Chutes,

Lakes:

Dumbbell Lake, Long Lake, Meadow Lake, Moose Lake, Upper Copper Lake,

Rivers:

Iliamna River, Pile River,

Streams:

Chinkelyes Creek, Ptarmigan Creek, Silver Creek,

Cities:

Old Iliamna, Pedro Bay, Pile Bay Village,