Description
Heads at Chilkat Glacier, in Coast Mountains in British Columbia, flows south and southwest to head of Chilkat Inlet 1 mile southwest of Haines and 18 miles south-southwest of Skagway, St. Elias Mountains; 52 miles long.
History
Named by the Russians for the Chilkat tribe of Tlingit Indians living in this region. The Indian name "Tschilkathin" was reported by Aurel and Arthur Krause (1883, map).