Tlikakila River

Tlikakila River
Flowing through mountains
Country	United States
State	Alaska
Borough	Kenai Peninsula, Lake and Peninsula
Source	Summit Lake
- location	Lake Clark National Park, Aleutian Range, Kenai Peninsula Borough
- elevation	888 ft (271 m)
- coordinates
Mouth	Little Clark Lake
- location	45 miles (72 km) northeast of Nondalton, Lake and Peninsula Borough
- elevation	253 ft (77 m)
- coordinates
Length	51 mi (82 km)
Basin	622 sq mi (1,611 km2)
Location of the mouth of the Tlikakila River in Alaska

The Tlikakila River (Dena'ina Athabascan Łiq'a Qilanhtnu, literally "salmon-are-there river") is a stream, 51 miles (82 km) long, in the U.S. state of Alaska. The river, lying entirely within Lake Clark National Park, flows southwest from Summit Lake in the Chigmit Mountains of the Aleutian Range to Lake Clark.

The Tlikakila is one of three national "wild rivers" in Lake Clark National Park. The other two are the Mulchatna and the Chilikadrotna, all added in 1980 to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.

Boating

Varying from Class I (easy) to III (difficult) on the International Scale of River Difficulty, the Tlikakila River is floatable by raft and kayak. The Alaska River Guide describes it as suitable for "intermediate boaters with good wilderness skills". To reach the floatable parts of the river from Summit Lake, boaters must make a 2-mile (3 km) portage. Dangers include Class III rapids, which may require a second portage below the confluence with the North Fork Tlikakila River. Bears pose another danger, as does quicksand on the lower river.

See also

• List of rivers of Alaska