The Ayakulik River is the longest river on

Kodiak Island Kodiak Island (Alutiiq: ''Qikertaq''), is a large island on the south coast of the U.S. state of Alaska, separated from the Alaska mainland by the Shelikof Strait. The largest island in the Kodiak Archipelago, Kodiak Island is the second larges ...

in the state of

Alaska Alaska ( ; russian: Аляска, Alyaska; ale, Alax̂sxax̂; ; ems, Alas'kaaq; Yup'ik: ''Alaskaq''; tli, Anáaski) is a state located in the Western United States on the northwest extremity of North America. A semi-exclave of the U.S., ...

. It is long, and possesses the largest drainage of all rivers on Kodiak. It begins near a small lake in the

Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge The Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge is a United States National Wildlife Refuge in the Kodiak Archipelago in southwestern Alaska, United States. Description The Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge includes the southwestern two-thirds of Kodiak Is ...

and flows south-southeast through wilderness, before finally turning southwest to empty into the

Shelikof Strait Shelikof Strait (russian: Пролив Шелихова) is a strait on the southwestern coast of the U.S. state of Alaska between the Alaska mainland to the west and Kodiak and Afognak islands to the east. Shelikof Strait separates the mainland ...

. The Ayakulik hosts all five salmon species that exist in Alaska waters. Rafting, hunting, photography, and sport fishing are popular recreational activities on the river in summer.https://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=accessbrochures.ayakulik

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Rivers of Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska Rivers of Alaska {{Alaska-river-stub

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