Tsirku River

Tsirku River
Tsirku River west of the mouth
Country	United States
State	Alaska
Borough	Haines
Source	Tsirku Glacier
- location	north slope of Takhinsha Mountains
- elevation	1,460 ft (445 m) [1]
- coordinates	59°17′50″N 136°24′55″W / 59.29722°N 136.41528°W [2]
Mouth	Chilkat River
- location	Klukwan, 21 miles (34 km) southwest of Skagway, St. Elias Mountains
- elevation	56 ft (17 m) [2]
- coordinates	59°23′26″N 135°52′12″W / 59.39056°N 135.87000°WCoordinates: 59°23′26″N 135°52′12″W / 59.39056°N 135.87000°W [2]
Length	25 mi (40 km) [3]
Location of the mouth of the Tsirku River in Alaska

The Tsirku River is a glacier-fed stream in Southeast Alaska near the town of Haines in the U.S. state of Alaska. The river's source is found at the Tsirku Glacier, a large, sprawling ice mass at the border of Alaska and the Canadian province of British Columbia. The river ends in a 4-mile (6 km) wide delta near the Tlingit village of Klukwan. While many of the feeding glaciers are primarily in British Columbia, the river course lies entirely in Alaska.

After the Klehini River, the Tsirku River is the second largest tributary of the Chilkat River.

See also

• List of rivers of Alaska

References

1. Derived by entering source coordinates in Google Earth.
2. "Tsirku River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. January 1, 2000. Retrieved January 1, 2014.
3. Orth, Donald J.; United States Geological Survey (1971) [1967]. Dictionary of Alaska Place Names: Geological Survey Professional Paper 567 (PDF). United States Government Printing Office. p. 988. Retrieved January 1, 2014.