Knik River
| Knik River | ||
 Knik River |
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| Water code | US : 1404857 | |
| location | Alaska (USA) | |
| River system | Knik River | |
| Headwaters |
Knik Glacier in the Chugach Mountains 61 ° 25 ′ 32 ″ N , 148 ° 37 ′ 55 ″ W |
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| muzzle |
Knik Arm ( Cook Inlet ) coordinates: 61 ° 28 ′ 15 " N , 149 ° 24 ′ 23" W 61 ° 28 ′ 15 " N , 149 ° 24 ′ 23" W |
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| Mouth height |
0 m
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| length | 40 km | |
| Communities | Butte , Knik River | |
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The Knik River is a 40 km long river in southern central Alaska .
It rises on the Knik Glacier in the Chugach Mountains , flows westward and flows 16 km southwest of Palmer together with the Matanuska River into the Knik Arm , a bay of the Cook Inlet .
Until the 1960s, a glacier run took place every year from Lake George , which was dammed up by the Knik Glacier , which caused a tidal wave in the Knik River that caused major damage along the banks and interrupted the road connection from Anchorage to Palmer .
The river runs near the border between the Matanuska-Susitna Borough and the city of Anchorage . The Old Glenn Highway and Knik River Road run alongside the river. The settlements of Butte and Knik River are on the river.
The name is derived from "Igniq", the aboriginal name for fire. The current spelling has existed since 1869 and goes back to George Davidson of the US Coast and Geodetic Survey .
