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    The Stikine River (/stɪˈkiːn/ stick-EEN) is a major river in northern British Columbia (BC), Canada and southeastern Alaska in the United States. It drains...
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  • by a handful of world class whitewater kayakers. The Stikine River's Grand Canyon of the Stikine run is known for being one of the most difficult whitewater...
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  • Columbia at the confluence of the Stikine River and Telegraph Creek. The only permanent settlement on the Stikine River, it is home to approximately 250...
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    before Europeans, call themselves the Shtaxʼhéen Ḵwáan after the nearby Stikine River. Alternately they use the autonym Shxʼát Ḵwáan, where the meaning of...
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    Alaska boundary dispute Fort Stikine North-Western Territory Stikine Country Stikine Gold Rush Stikine Region Stikine River "British Columbia: From the...
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    The Grand Canyon of the Stikine is a 72 km (45 mi) stretch of the Stikine River in northern British Columbia, Canada. It has been compared to the Grand...
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    western British Columbia, forming a divide with the Klappan River, a tributary of the Stikine River. It flows for 570 km (350 mi) before it empties into Chatham...
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    name and Atlin Lake in B.C.; and the Stikine Icecap, which lies between the lower Stikine River and the Whiting River. Some of the highest mountains in the...
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    The Stikine Icecap (sometimes referred to as the Stikine Icefield) is a large icefield straddled on the Alaska–British Columbia boundary in the Alaska...
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  • Fort Stikine was a fur trade post and fortification in what is now the Alaska Panhandle, at the site of the present-day of Wrangell, Alaska. Originally...
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  • Stikine, meaning "great river" in the Tlingit language, may refer to: Geography and locations the Stikine River, a major river in British Columbia and...
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    spanning the Canada–United States border, north of the mouth of the Stikine River. Other peaks in the area include the Witches Tits and Cat's Ears Spires...
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    Alaska Panhandle and comprising the basin of the Stikine River and its tributaries. The term Stikine–Iskut (alone or in various combination forms "District"...
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    Festival in Ketchikan, the Sitka Whale Fest, and the Stikine River Garnet Fest in Wrangell. The Stikine River attracts the largest springtime concentration of...
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  • Ontario and Minnesota Stikine, British Columbia, called Boundary from 1930 to 1964, a former customs post on the Stikine River at the Alaska–British Columbia...
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    The Stikine Region /stəˈkiːn/[citation needed] is an unincorporated area in northwestern British Columbia, Canada. It is the only area in the province...
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    islands of the Alexander Archipelago, as well as the basin of the lower Stikine River. Dean, Jonathan R. (1995). ""Uses of the Past" on the Northwest Coast:...
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    feature of the Stikine River Provincial Park is a portion of the Stikine River known as "The Grand Canyon". This portion of the river is approximately...
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    (130 km) long and 10 miles (16 km) wide, extending from the mouth of the Stikine River to Iphigenia Bay on the Gulf of Alaska, separating Mitkof Island, Kupreanof...
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    that had begun in the Taku River watershed in 1995 and extend the model of transboundary collaborative work to the Stikine and other transboundary watersheds...
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    first European to reach the Stikine River overland. He established Fort Frances, Yukon on Frances Lake in the Liard River basin. In 1840 he crossed from...
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    Plateau, another subplateau of the Stikine Plateau, which includes the uppermost part of the course of the Stikine River. To the northwest, across the narrow...
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    wider channel since it is dangerously shallow and part of the greater Stikine River estuary. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System:...
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    Klondike Gold Rush (category Yukon River)
    there was the Stikine route starting from the port of Wrangell further south-east of Skagway. This route went up the uneasy Stikine River to Glenora, the...
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    outfitting point for hunters and explorers, and for miners using the Stikine River route to the Yukon. The island contains the city of Wrangell, Alaska...
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  • The Chutine River, originally named the Clearwater River, is a major right tributary of the Stikine River in northwestern British Columbia, Canada. It...
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  • The Tanzilla River is a tributary of the Stikine River in northwest part of the province of British Columbia, Canada. From its source in the Three Sisters...
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    during the Dryad affair. The same clauses enabled British access to the Stikine River goldfields in 1862 but were not assumed by the Americans upon their...
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    Coquille River Coos Bay British Columbia Upper Fraser River Lakes Route Arrow Lakes Okanagan Lake Upper Columbia and Kootenay Rivers Skeena River Stikine River...
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  • of the City of Wrangell. The strait's name derives from that of the Stikine River, the outlet of which is just northeast of Wrangell. The strait is shown...
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