{{Use American English|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox river | name = Toklat River | name_native = | name_native_lang = | name_other = | name_etymology = <!---------------------- IMAGE & MAP --> | image = | image_size = 300 | image_caption = | map = | map_size = 300 | map_caption = | pushpin_map = USA Alaska | pushpin_map_size = 300 | pushpin_map_caption= Location of the mouth of the Toklat River in Alaska <!---------------------- LOCATION --> | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = United States | subdivision_type2 = State | subdivision_name2 = Alaska | subdivision_type3 = | subdivision_name3 = | subdivision_type4 = District | subdivision_name4 = Denali Borough, Yukon–Koyukuk Census Area | subdivision_type5 = | subdivision_name5 = <!---------------------- PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS --> | length = {{convert|85|mi|km|abbr=on}}<ref name="Place Names"/> | width_min = | width_avg = | width_max = | depth_min = | depth_avg = | depth_max = | discharge1_location= | discharge1_min = | discharge1_avg = | discharge1_max = <!---------------------- BASIN FEATURES --> | source1 = | source1_location = Denali National Park and Preserve, Denali Borough | source1_coordinates= {{coord|63|24|03|N|149|54|42|W|display=inline}}<ref name = "gnis"/> | source1_elevation = {{convert|4195|ft|abbr=on}}<ref>Derived by entering source coordinates in Google Earth.</ref> | mouth = Kantishna River<ref name="Place Names">{{cite book|last=Orth|first=Donald J.|author2=United States Geological Survey|title=Dictionary of Alaska Place Names: Geological Survey Professional Paper 567|url=http://137.229.113.112/webpubs/usgs/p/text/p0567.pdf|format=PDF<!--|agency=United States Government Printing Office-->|publisher=University of Alaska Fairbanks|year=1971|orig-year=1967|page=973|access-date=October 15, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017165933/http://137.229.113.112/webpubs/usgs/p/text/p0567.pdf|archive-date=October 17, 2013}}</ref> | mouth_location = {{convert|50|mi|km}} east of Bitzshtini Mountains, Yukon–Koyukuk Census Area | mouth_coordinates = {{coord|64|27|15|N|150|18|43|W|display=inline,title}}<ref name="gnis">{{cite web | work = Geographic Names Information System| publisher = United States Geological Survey | date = March 31, 1981| url = {{gnis3|1411054}} | title = Toklat River| access-date = October 20, 2013}}</ref> | mouth_elevation = {{convert|377|ft|abbr=on}}<ref name="gnis"/> | progression = | river_system = | basin_size = | tributaries_left = | tributaries_right = | custom_label = | custom_data = | extra = }}
The '''Toklat River''' ({{langx|taa|'''Tootl'o Huno{{'-}}'''}}) is an {{convert|85|mi|km|adj=on}} tributary of the Kantishna River in central Alaska in the United States<ref name="Place Names"/> It drains an area on the north slope of the Alaska Range on the south edge of the Tanana Valley southwest of Fairbanks.<ref name="DeLorme">{{cite book|title=Alaska Atlas & Gazetteer|publisher=DeLorme|location=Yarmouth, Maine|pages=103, 113|edition=7th|year=2010|isbn=978-0-89933-289-5}}</ref> It issues from unnamed glaciers in the northern Alaska Range in Denali National Park and Preserve, northeast of Denali.<ref name="DeLorme"/> It flows generally northwest through hilly country<ref name="DeLorme"/> to the tundra to the north of the Alaska Range.
The river was described as the ''Toclat'' by Lt. H.T. Allen in 1885. Other names or variants include ''Tootl'ot Huno'', ''Tootl'ot Huno' Hutl'ot'', ''Tootl'ot No' '' and ''Tutlut River''.<ref name=gnis/> Depth of 50 ft, width of 25 ft
== Gallery == thumb|left|The East Fork Toklat River winds out of the high mountains of Denali National Park
{{clear-left}}
==See also== *List of rivers of Alaska
==References== {{reflist}}
{{authority control}}
Category:Alaska Range Category:Rivers of Denali Borough, Alaska Category:Rivers of Alaska Category:Denali National Park and Preserve Category:Rivers of Yukon–Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska Category:Rivers of Unorganized Borough, Alaska Category:Tanana Athabaskans