64 ° 9' 49" N,
141 ° 46' 27.998" W
Southeast Fairbanks (CA)
1493 ft (455.07 m)
flows E to South Fork Fortymile River 48 mi. SW of Eagle, Youkon-Tanana High. 6 miles long.
HistoryNamed by prospectors for Howard Franklin, prospector, who in 1886 "went up the Fortymile, where on September 7 he found gold in the river bars 25 miles from the mouth and a little later on Franklin Creek, a tributary of the main river" (Brooks, 1953, p. 328). The name was first reported in 1890 by E. H. Wells of the Leslie Expedition.
Dennison Fork, Mosquito Fork Fortymile River, Myers Fork, North Fork Fortymile River, South Fork Fortymile River,
Streams:Alder Creek, Atwater Creek, Buckskin Creek, Butte Creek, Chicken Creek, Dewey Creek, Eagle Creek, Forest Creek, Franklin Creek, Hilda Creek, Left Fork Chicken Creek, Liberty Creek, Lost Chicken Creek, Napoleon Creek, Soda Creek, Stonehouse Creek, Switch Creek, Tin Kettle Creek, Uhler Creek, Voss Creek, Wade Creek, Walker Fork, Wall Street Creek, Wilson Creek, Wilson Creek,
