Description
Chitistone River is located flows SW from Chitistone Pass to Nizina River, 12 mi. E of McCarthy, 20 miles long.
History
Named in 1885 by Lieutenant Allen (1887, p. 52), USA, "on account of the copper map. The word "chiti" is Indian for copper, and with the English word "stone" to the stream later known as "Nizina River."