Description
Kahiltna River is located heads at Kahiltna Glacier, at 622745N, 1511230W, flows SE to Yentna River, 53 mi. NW of Anchorage, Cook Inlet Low.
History
Tanaina Indian name reported in 1899 by Lieutenant Herron (1901, p. 45 and map) USA, as "Car-ilt-nu Creek" Present spelling was published by Adolf Knopf and Sidney Paige (in Brooks and others, 1906, p. 118), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Kakliaklia a3 "on the Koyukuk River." a7 Kakhlyakhlyakakat;Kakkhlyakhlyakakat;Kakliakhliakat;Kakliakliakat; Kikliakliakakate;Klakhlyakhlyakakat.