Several rivers bear the name King Salmon River

King Salmon River

The King Salmon River is a tributary of the Ugashik River, having its confluence with the Ugashik at the head of Ugashik Bay on the Alaska Peninsula in southwest Alaska....

 in Alaska.

The King Salmon River is a tributary of the Ugashik River

Ugashik River

The Ugashik River is a 42-mile-long river on the Alaska Peninsula of the U.S. state of Alaska. It flows from headwaters near Lower Ugashik Lake and empties into Ugashik Bay, an estuary of the Bering Sea's Bristol Bay....

, having its confluence 57°29′50"N 157°38′30"W with the Ugashik at the head of Ugashik Bay

Ugashik Bay

Ugashik Bay is a bay of the Bering Sea in the U.S. state of Alaska. It is an elongated, comma-shaped estuary formed where the Ugashik River empties into Bristol Bay, on the western coast of the Alaska Peninsula....

 on the Alaska Peninsula

Alaska Peninsula

The Alaska Peninsula is a peninsula extending about to the southwest from the mainland of Alaska and ending in the Aleutian Islands. The peninsula separates the Pacific Ocean from Bristol Bay, an arm of the Bering Sea....

 in southwest Alaska.

It flows 35 miles (56 km) from headwaters at Mother Goose Lake

Mother Goose Lake

Mother Goose Lake is a 6.4 mile long lake located at head of King Salmon River, on the Alaska Peninsula, 21 miles south of Ugashik, Aleutian Range. It was named in 1923 by R. H. Sargent, USGS, as "suggested by its goose-like shape." According to Sargent, the local name was King gautham giri Lake....

 in the Aleutian Range near Mount Chiginagak

Mount Chiginagak

Chiginagak Volcano is a stratovolcano in the Aleutian Islands, located about 15 km NW of Chiginagak Bay.- Eruptive history :An unglaciated lava flow and an overlying pyroclastic-flow deposit extending east from the summit are the most recent products of Chiginagak. They most likely originated...

 northwest to the upper reaches of Ugashik Bay. Its gravel bottom and many braided channels are ideal for the many king salmon which spawn in its waters but limits navigation to small skiff.

There are many rivers in Alaska bearing the name King Salmon River

King Salmon River

The King Salmon River is a tributary of the Ugashik River, having its confluence with the Ugashik at the head of Ugashik Bay on the Alaska Peninsula in southwest Alaska....

, including tributaries to the Egegik River

Egegik River

The Egegik River is a river in Alaska, USA. It is located on the Alaska Peninsula and flows westward from Becharof Lake into Bristol Bay via Egegik Bay....

 and Nushagak River

Nushagak River

The Nushagak River is a river in southwest Alaska, USA. It begins in the Alaska Range and flows southwest to Nushagak Bay, an inlet of Bristol Bay, east of Dillingham, Alaska.The Mulchatna River is a major tributary...

 systems in southwest Alaska, alone. The name is also occasionally confused with a nickname given the Kenai River

Kenai River

The Kenai River called Kakny in the Dena'ina language, is a river in the Kenai Peninsula of south central Alaska. It runs westward from Kenai Lake in the Kenai Mountains, through the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge and Skilak Lake to its outlet into the Cook Inlet of the Pacific Ocean near Kenai...

, a popular fishing stream located in the 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....

 drainage of southcentral Alaska.

Besides the large numbers of king salmon, the river also hosts large numbers of sea-run Dolly Varden

Dolly Varden

Dolly Varden may refer to:* Dolly Varden , a character in the novel Barnaby Rudge by Charles Dickens. The original usage.* Dolly Vardens , a group of Black women baseball players that comprised the first professional baseball team* Dolly Varden , a musical group from Chicago, Illinois* Dolly Varden...

, Chum Salmon

Chum salmon

The chum salmon, Oncorhynchus keta, is a species of anadromous fish in the salmon family. It is a Pacific salmon, and may also be known as dog salmon or Keta salmon, and is often marketed under the name Silverbrite salmon...

 and a small run of Pink Salmon

Pink salmon

Pink salmon or humpback salmon, Oncorhynchus gorbuscha, is a species of anadromous fish in the salmon family. It is the smallest and most abundant of the Pacific salmon.- Appearance :...

.