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The Endicott River is a stream, long, in
Haines Borough Haines Borough is a home-rule borough located in the state of Alaska. As of the 2020 census, the population was 2,080, down from 2,508 in 2010. Geography The borough has a total area of , of which is land and (14.9%) is water. Adjacent boro ...
in the U.S. state of Alaska. Beginning at the base of an unnamed glacier near Mount Young in the
Chilkat Range The Chilkat Range is a mountain range in Haines Borough and the Hoonah-Angoon Census Area in the U.S. state of Alaska, west of the city of Juneau. The Chilkat Range is one of the principal divisors between Haines Borough and Glacier Bay National ...
, it flows generally eastward into the Lynn Canal. Most of the river's course lies within the
Endicott River Wilderness Endicott River Wilderness is a National Wilderness Preservation System, wilderness area in the U.S. state of Alaska. Designated by the United States Congress in 1980 in a provision of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, it is lo ...
of the Tongass National Forest. The
river mouth A river mouth is where a river flows into a larger body of water, such as another river, a lake/reservoir, a bay/gulf, a sea, or an ocean. At the river mouth, sediments are often deposited due to the slowing of the current reducing the carrying ...
is about northwest of Juneau.


See also

* List of rivers of Alaska


References

Rivers of Haines Borough, Alaska Rivers of Alaska {{Alaska-river-stub