The Eagle River is a stream, long, in the borough of
Wrangell in the
U.S. state
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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. ...
.
Heading at Eagle Lake in the
Coast Mountains, it flows northwest through part of the
Tongass National Forest
The Tongass National Forest () in Southeast Alaska is the largest U.S. National Forest at . Most of its area is temperate rain forest and is remote enough to be home to many species of endangered and rare flora and fauna. The Tongass, which is ...
into Eagle Bay on the
Bradfield Canal.
Near the midpoint of its course, the river passes through Little Eagle Lake.
On the shore opposite Eagle Bay and the Eagle River
mouth, the Harding River enters Bradfield Canal.
Recreation
The
United States Forest Service
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manages a public-use cabin, accessible only by
floatplane, at Eagle Lake. Eagle Lake Cabin, about from the Eagle River outlet, comes with a oared
skiff
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for fishing. Eagle Lake supports a population of "trophy"
coastal cutthroat trout.
Although the cabin is open year-round, lake ice may prevent floatplanes from landing. Amenities are minimal and do not include electricity or drinking water. Hunters as well as fishers sometimes rent the cabin.
Major
game fish
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in the Eagle River itself include
pink
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and
chum salmon, and
Dolly Varden char, as well as coastal cutthroat trout.
These fish are accessible by boat traveling upriver from the mouth.
The Forest Service manages a public-use cabin, the Harding River Cabin, about across Bradfield Canal from the Eagle River mouth. Renters of this cabin sometimes fish along the Eagle River or hunt for
waterfowl
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on its
tidal flats
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.
See also
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List of rivers of Alaska
This is a List of rivers in Alaska, which are at least fifth-order according to the Strahler method of stream classification, and an incomplete list of otherwise-notable rivers and streams. Alaska has more than 12,000 rivers, and thousands more st ...
References
External links
Harding River Cabin– Recreation.gov
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Rivers of Wrangell, Alaska
Rivers of Alaska