Toklat River facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Toklat River
Location of the mouth of the Toklat River in Alaska
Country	United States
State	Alaska
District	Denali Borough, Yukon–Koyukuk Census Area
Physical characteristics
Main source	Denali National Park and Preserve, Denali Borough 4,195 ft (1,279 m) 63°24′03″N 149°54′42″W / 63.40083°N 149.91167°W / 63.40083; -149.91167
River mouth	Kantishna River 50 miles (80 km) east of Bitzshtini Mountains, Yukon–Koyukuk Census Area 377 ft (115 m) 64°27′15″N 150°18′43″W / 64.45417°N 150.31194°W / 64.45417; -150.31194
Length	85 mi (137 km)

The Toklat River (Lower Tanana: Tootl'o Huno') is an 85-mile (137 km) tributary of the Kantishna River in central Alaska in the United States It drains an area on the north slope of the Alaska Range on the south edge of the Tanana Valley southwest of Fairbanks. It issues from unnamed glaciers in the northern Alaska Range in Denali National Park and Preserve, northeast of Denali. It flows generally northwest through hilly country to the tundra to the north of the Alaska Range.

The river was described as the Toclat by Lt. H.T. Allen in 1885. Other names or variants include Tootl'ot Huno, Tootl'ot Huno' Hutl'ot, Tootl'ot No'  and Tutlut River. Depth of 50 ft, width of 25 ft

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The East Fork Toklat River winds out of the high mountains of Denali National Park