Resurrection River | |
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![]() The river valley seen from the edge of the Harding Icefield | |
Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Alaska |
City | Seward, Alaska |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Near Upper Russian Lake |
Mouth | Resurrection Bay |
• location | Seward |
• coordinates | 60°07′20″N 149°23′55″W / 60.1223°N 149.3987°W |
• elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
Length | 22 mi (35 km) |
Discharge | |
• location | mouth |
Basin features | |
Tributaries | |
• left | Boulder Creek, Martin Creek, Box Canyon Creek, Salmon Creek |
• right | Summit Creek, Placer Creek, Exit Glacier Floodplain, Paradise Creek |
The Resurrection River is a large river on the Kenai Peninsula in Alaska. It rises near Upper Russian Lake in the Kenai Mountains and flows 22 miles (35 km) to empty into Resurrection Bay near Seward.[1][2] Part of the river passes through Kenai Fjords National Park. There has been small-scale placer mining for gold at the confluence of the river and Placer Creek.[3]