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.
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in British Columbia, Canada, and Alaska, USA
- Also known as: “fleuve Stikine”, “Frances River”, “Pelly River”, “Rio Stickeen”, “Río Stickeen”, “Rio Stikine”, “rivière Stikine”, “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”, “Sucheen River”, “スティカイン川”, and “斯蒂金河”
Stikine River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: City and Borough of Wrangell, Alaska, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
56.56389° or 56° 33′ 50″ north
Longitude
-132.40444° or 132° 24′ 16″ west
Open location code
9489HH7W+H6
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Wikidata ID
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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”
- Czech: “Stikine”
- Danish: “Stikine River”
- Dutch: “Stikine River”
- Dutch: “Stikine”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر ستيكين”
- French: “Stikine”
- German: “Stikine River”
- Hungarian: “Stikine-folyó”
- Irish: “Abhainn Stikine”
- Italian: “Stikine”
- Japanese: “スティキーン川”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Stikine”
- Norwegian: “Stikine”
- Persian: “رودخانه استیکین”
- Polish: “Stikine”
- Russian: “Стикин”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Stikine”
- Spanish: “Río Stikine”
- Spanish: “Stikine”
- Swedish: “Stikinefloden”
- Venetian: “Stikine”
- Welsh: “Afon Stikine”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Wrangell and Chief Shakes Historic Site.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Tongass/Stikine National Forest and Garnet Ledge.
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