Description
Katzehin River is located heads at terminus of Meade Glacier, flows W to Chilkoot Inlet, 2.4 mi. E of Battery Point and 18 mi. S of Skagway, Coast Mts.
History
Tlingit Indian name reported as Chkazehin by Aurel and Arthur Krause (1883, map). It was spelled "Katsehin" by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in the 1891 Coast Pilot (p. 203) and "Katschin" on Chart 3091 in 1898.