The Kink
The Kink is a manmade feature of the North Fork Fortymile River in remote eastern Alaska. It is a channel that was blasted through a rock ridge by gold miners in 1904, in the belief that bypassing a horseshoe-shaped meander in the river's natural flow would reveal gold deposits.- Channel
- Description: manmade feature of the North Fork Fortymile River in remote eastern Alaska
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Latitude
64.38562° or 64° 23′ 8″ north
Longitude
-142.02734° or 142° 1′ 38″ west
Open location code
93PV9XPF+63
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“The Kink” goes by many names.
- French: “Le kink”
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