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Alaskan Mountains and Rivers

The following is a list of navigable waters in Alaska that are regulated under Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act. All waters that are subject to the ebb and flow of the tide are also considered navigable and are regulated under Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act.

No: Waterway Navigable
Length		 Remarks
1. Becharof Lake 043.0 Empties into Egegik Lake
2. Big Lake 004.5 Drainage to Tidal Water not navigable
3. Buckland River 040.0 40 miles to the West Fork
4. Campbell Lake Entire Entire length and Breadth
5. Chatanika River 139.0 139 miles to Long Creek
6. Chena River (including Noyes Slough) Entire Entire length of the river and slough
7. Colville River 258.0 258 miles to the Etivluk R.
8. Copper River 287.0 Entire Length in Alaska
9. Lake Clark 045.0 Connects with Lake Illiama
10. Eagle River 024.0 24 miles to the Visitors Cent
11. Eek River 020.0 Tributary to Kuskokwim River
12. Egegik River 028.0 Navigable for Entire Length
13. Eyak River 4.5 N/A
14. Iditarod River 340.0 N/A
15. Lake Illiama 070.0 Heads Kvichak River
16. John River 105.0 105 miles to Hunt Fork
17. Kantishna River 100.0 N/A
18. Kasilof River 006.0 Drains Tustemena Lake
19. Kenai Lake 020.0 N/A
20. Kenai River 081.0 Navigable for entire length
21. Kobuk River 200.0 N/A
22. Koyukuk River 544.0 N/A
23. Kuparuk River 052.2 52.2 miles to the Toolik R.
24. Kuskokwim River 400.0 Navigable to McGrath
25. Kuzitrin River 015.0 N/A
26. Kvichak 050.0 N/A
27. Lake Louise 008.0 4 miles wide
28. Little Susitna River 084.0 84 miles to the Schrock Road Bridge
29. Mantanuska River 075.0 75 miles to Caribou Creek
30. Naknek 019.5 N/A
31. Nenana River 080.0 80 miles to the Parks Highway Bridge
32. Noatak 400.0 400 miles to Portage Creek
33. Nushagak River 034.0 Navigable from mouth of Wood River.
34. Porcupine River 225.0 Navigable entire length in AK
35. Sagavanirktok River 160.0 160 miles to the Atigun River
36. Selawik Lake 050.0 20 miles wide
37. Skilak Lake 012.6 On Kenai River, Downstream of
38. Snake River 000.475 Authorized project at Nome
39. Stikine River 30.0 Authorized project for entire length
40. Susitna River 115.0 N/A
41. Tanana River 455.0 Nenana 250 miles upstream is transfer point for Railroad
42. Tolovana River 135.0 Entire Length
43. Tustumena Lake 023.0 Head of Kasilof River
44. Ugashik River 013.0 Entire Length
45. Willow Creek 004.0 4 miles to the Parks Highway Bridge
46. Wood River and Lakes 048.0 Navigable for 24 miles on River
47. Yukon River 1,432.0 Navigable entire length in AK