- Russian River (Alaska)
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Russian River 
Salmon jumping in the Russian RiverLocation: Kenai Peninsula, Alaska Depth: Shallow Famous for: Fishing, especially Salmon For other uses, see Russian River.
Looking up the Russian River
The Russian River is a 13-mile-long (21 km) river on the Kenai Peninsula in the U.S. state of Alaska. It flows northward from Upper Russian Lake in the Kenai Mountains through Lower Russian Lake, draining into the Kenai River. The native Denaina people called this river Chunuk'tnu.[1]
Like the Kenai, the Russian River is famous for its fishing, especially for salmon. There are two runs of sockeye salmon each year, in mid-June and mid-July, and a run of silver salmon in August.
There is no direct road access to the river. It can be accessed either by hiking in or by a privately operated ferry that crosses the Kenai and takes fishermen to the mouth of the Russian.[2]
See also
- List of Alaska rivers
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Russian River (Alaska)
- ^ The Milepost, 59th Edition, page 586, ISBN#9-781892-15421
Coordinates: 60°29′12″N 150°00′02″W / 60.48667°N 150.00056°W
Bodies of water Snow River · Trail River · Trail Lakes · Kenai Lake · Kenai River · Skilak Lake · Russian River ·
Settlements Primrose · Crown Point · Moose Pass · Cooper Landing · Sterling · Soldotna · Kenai ·
Protected areas Categories:- Landforms of Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska
- Rivers of Alaska
- Southcentral Alaska geography stubs
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