Indian River (Alaska)

Indian River (Alaska)

Indian River or "Kaasda Héen", as known by the local Tlingit, is a roughly eight-mile long watershed that flows through the community of Sitka on Baranof Island in the Alexander Archipelago of Southeast Alaska.

Indian River was initially named in 1826 by Russians colonizing the Sitka area as "Reka Koloshenka". This was translated in 1883 to the English title used today.

Indian River is a large salmon-spawning stream that terminates in the heart of Sitka National Historical Park but also passes the Alaska Raptor Center. The river extends about five miles into Baranof Island before splitting into two branches. A trail follows the southern branch to a viewpoint of a waterfall. The river carries a large volume of water relative to its size due the extremely high rainfall of the Baranof Island area.Fact|date=February 2007

Indian River played a vital role in the Battle of Sitka with the impenetrable Tlingit fort sitting just adjacent to the mouth of the river.

ee also

*List of Alaska rivers


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