There are three river

River

A river is a natural watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, a lake, a sea, or another river. In a few cases, a river simply flows into the ground or dries up completely before reaching another body of water. Small rivers may also be called by several other names, including...

s named Eagle River in the U.S. state

U.S. state

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 of Alaska

Alaska

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Eagle River 61°19′43"N 149°44′19"W in Anchorage flows northwest from Eagle Glacier to Eagle Bay in Cook Inlet

Cook Inlet

Cook Inlet stretches from the Gulf of Alaska to Anchorage in south-central Alaska. Cook Inlet branches into the Knik Arm and Turnagain Arm at its northern end, almost surrounding Anchorage....

, 15 km (9 mi) northeast of Anchorage

Anchorage, Alaska

Anchorage is a unified home rule municipality in the southcentral part of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is the northernmost major city in the United States...

. Its Dena'ina name was Yukla-hina. The Anchorage suburb of Eagle River

Eagle River, Alaska

Eagle River is a community within the Municipality of Anchorage situated on the Eagle River for which it is named, between Fort Richardson and Chugach State Park in the Chugach Mountains. Its ZIP code is 99577...

 is named after this river. The river runs through Eagle River, with some overpasses being made on the roads in order to cross the river. Although most of the rapids

Rafting

Rafting or white water rafting is a challenging recreational outdoor activity using an inflatable raft to navigate a river or other bodies of water. This is usually done on white water or different degrees of rough water, in order to thrill and excite the raft passengers. The development of this...

 are only Class 2, there are a couple of companies offering river-rafting rides through a small portion of the river.

A second Eagle River 58°31′37"N 134°49′18"W flows southwest from a lake at the base of a different Eagle Glacier to a bay on Favorite Channel

Favorite Channel

Favorite Channel is a channel in Southeast Alaska, northwest of Juneau, Alaska, United States. It is long, extending northwest from Stephens Passage to Lynn Canal, separating Lincoln and Shelter Islands from the mainland to the east. It was named in 1880 by U.S. Navy officers after the 80-ft...

, 32 km (20 mi) northwest of Juneau

Juneau, Alaska

The City and Borough of Juneau is a unified municipality located on the Gastineau Channel in the panhandle of the U.S. state of Alaska. It has been the capital of Alaska since 1906, when the government of the then-District of Alaska was moved from Sitka as dictated by the U.S. Congress in 1900...

. Early miners called this river Glacier River and Sitk Creek.

A third Eagle River 56°09′49"N 131°35′51"W flows northwest 13 km (8 mi) from Eagle Lake to a different Eagle Bay, 8 km (5 mi) southwest of the head of Bradfield Canal

Bradfield Canal

Bradfield Canal is an inlet in Southeast Alaska, U.S.A. It extends west from the mouth of the Bradfield River to Ernest Sound at Point Warde. It was first charted in 1793 by James Johnstone, one of George Vancouver's officers during his 1791-95 expedition. Vancouver later named it "Bradfield...

, near Wrangell

Wrangell, Alaska

Wrangell is a city and borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. At the 2000 census the population was 2,308.Its Tlingit name is Ḵaachx̱aana.áakʼw . The Tlingit people residing in the Wrangell area, who were there centuries before Europeans, call themselves the Shtaxʼhéen Ḵwáan after the nearby Stikine...

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