Description
In Tordrillo Mts., heads at glacier E of Mount Spurr, flows SE to Chakachatna River, 24 mi. W of Tyonek, Alaska Range
History
Named in 1927 by S. R. Capps and R. H. Sargent (in Smith and others, 1929, pls. 1, 2), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), "because of the straight course of the river."