Stikine River
The Stikine River is a major river in northern British Columbia, Canada and southeastern Alaska in the United States. It drains a large, remote upland area known as the Stikine Country east of the Coast Mountains.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in British Columbia, Canada, and Alaska, USA
- Also known as: “Frances River”, “Pelly River”, “Ryka Stakhin”, “Shikene River”, “Shtax’heen”, “Stachin River”, “Stachine River”, “Stackine River”, “Stahkeen River”, “Stahkin River”, “Stakeen River”, “Stakhinski River”, “Stickeen River”, “Stickienes River”, “Stikeen River”, “Stikin River”, and “Sucheen River”
Stikine River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: City and Borough of Wrangell, Alaska, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Stikine River” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نهر ستيكين”
- Asturian: “Ríu Stikine”
- Bavarian: “Stikine River”
- Bulgarian: “Стикин”
- Catalan: “Stikine”
- Cebuano: “Stikine River”
- Chinese: “史堤金河”
- Chinese: “斯蒂金河”
- Czech: “Stikine”
- Danish: “Stikine River”
- Dutch: “Stikine River”
- Dutch: “Stikine”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر ستيكين”
- French: “fleuve Stikine”
- French: “rivière Stikine”
- French: “Stikine”
- German: “Stikine River”
- Hungarian: “Stikine-folyó”
- Irish: “Abhainn Stikine”
- Italian: “Stikine”
- Japanese: “スティカイン川”
- Japanese: “スティキーン川”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Stikine River”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Stikine”
- Norwegian: “Stikine”
- Persian: “رودخانه استیکین”
- Polish: “Stikine”
- Russian: “Стикин”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Stikine”
- Spanish: “Rio Stickeen”
- Spanish: “Río Stickeen”
- Spanish: “Rio Stikine”
- Spanish: “Río Stikine”
- Spanish: “Stikine”
- Swedish: “Stikine River”
- Swedish: “Stikinefloden”
- Venetian: “Stikine”
- Welsh: “Afon Stikine”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Wrangell and Chief Shakes Historic Site.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Tongass/Stikine National Forest and Garnet Ledge.
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