Description
Heads at terminus of Martin Glacier, flows S to the Alsek River, 6 mi NE of its mouth. 3.6 mi. NE of Dry Bay and 49 mi. SE of Yakutat, St. Elias Mts. 7 miles long.
History
Native name recorded in 1849 by Captain Mikhail Dmitrievich Tebenkof (1852, map 7), governor of Russian America, as "r(eka) Gines" or "Gines River." It was called "HInes Creek" by Baker (1906, p. 307).