The Unuk River is a river in the U.S. state of Alaska and the Canadian province of British Columbia . It flows from the Coast Mountains southwest to Behm Canal , northeast of Ketchikan, Alaska .
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6-517: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Unuk River From its headwaters in a heavily glaciated area in British Columbia, south of the lower Iskut River , the Unuk flows west and south for 129 kilometres (80 mi), crossing into Alaska and emptying into Burroughs Bay, an inlet of Behm Canal. In Alaska the river flows through
9-568: The Misty Fjords National Monument . In Tlingit it is called Joonáx̱ , the meaning of which is obscure but may have to do with dreaming (cf. aawajoon “he dreamed”). It is occasionally referred to as Oonáx̱ , which is a reduced form. The USGS reports that a 1906 publication said the correct name for the river is “Junuk” or “Junock”, but it is unclear whether the initial sound is supposed to be an affricate [dʒ] or an approximant [j] . The former sound would reflect
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