Fox River (Alaska)

For other uses, see Fox River (disambiguation).
Fox River
Fox River (Alaska) is located in Alaska
Fox River (Alaska)
Location of the mouth of the Fox River in Alaska
Location
CountryUnited States
StateAlaska
BoroughKenai Peninsula
Physical characteristics
SourceKenai Mountains
 • locationChernof Glacier, Kenai National Wildlife Refuge
 • coordinates59°55′47″N 150°34′01″W / 59.92972°N 150.56694°W / 59.92972; -150.56694[1]
 • elevation1,357 ft (414 m)[2]
MouthKachemak Bay, Cook Inlet
 • location
northeast of Homer
 • coordinates
59°47′29″N 151°00′07″W / 59.79139°N 151.00194°W / 59.79139; -151.00194[1]
 • elevation
7 ft (2.1 m)[1]
Length27 mi (43 km)[1]

Fox River is a stream, 27 miles (43 km) long, on the Kenai Peninsula in the U.S. state of Alaska.[1] The river heads at the terminus of the Chernof Glacier in the Kenai Mountains, then flows southwest to the northeast end of Kachemak Bay.[3][4] The river mouth is 24 miles (39 km) northeast of Homer.[5]

A census-designated place of the same name lies along the river.[6] The river's name was first reported by Dall (1895) and may have been for Theodore Fox of the North Pacific Mining and Transportation Company, which began operations on the bay in the prior year.[5]

  1. ^ a b c d e "Fox River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. March 31, 1981. Retrieved December 12, 2013.
  2. ^ Derived by entering source coordinates in Google Earth.
  3. ^ Baker, Marcus (1906). Geographic Dictionary of Alaska (2nd ed.). U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 266. Retrieved March 31, 2013.
  4. ^ Alaska Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2010. pp. 62–63. ISBN 978-0-89933-289-5.
  5. ^ a b 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. 352. Retrieved December 16, 2013.
  6. ^ "Fox River Census Designated Place". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. April 11, 2008. Retrieved December 12, 2013.