The Tsirku River is a glacially-fed stream located in Southeast Alaska

Alaska Panhandle

Southeast Alaska, sometimes referred to as the Alaska Panhandle, is the southeastern portion of the U.S. state of Alaska, which lies west of the northern half of the Canadian province of British Columbia. The majority of Southeast Alaska's area is part of the Tongass National Forest, the United...

 near the town of Haines

Haines, Alaska

Haines is a census-designated place in Haines Borough, Alaska, United States. As of the 2000 census, the population of the area was 1,811. Haines was formerly a city but no longer has a municipal government...

. The river's source is found at Tsirku Glacier, a large, sprawling ice mass at the border of Alaska

Alaska

Alaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait...

 and British Columbia

British Columbia

British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...

, and ends in a massive four mile wide delta near the Tlingit village of Klukwan

Klukwan, Alaska

Klukwan is a census-designated place in Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 139.-History:...

. While many of the feeding glaciers are primarily located in British Columbia and Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

, the river itself is completely in the United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

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After the Klehini River

Klehini River

The Klehini River is a large, glacially fed stream in the vicinity of Haines in the U.S. state of Alaska.The Klehini River is approximately 36 miles long from its source in British Columbia to its mouth at the Chilkat River, of which it is the largest tributary...

, the Tsirku River is the second largest tributary of the Chilkat River

Chilkat River

The Chilkat River is a river in British Columbia and southeastern Alaska that flows southward from the Coast Range to the Chilkat Inlet and ultimately Lynn Canal. It is about long. It begins at Chilkat Glacier, in Alaska, flows west and south in British Columbia for , enters Alaska and continues...

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See also

• List of Alaska rivers