Mendenhall River

The Mendenhall River (Lingít: Woosh Ilʼóox̱ʼu Héen) is an Alaskan river north of Juneau in the Mendenhall Valley. The river begins at the Mendenhall Lake, at the base of the Mendenhall Glacier. The river is about six miles (9 kilometers) long, one mile (1.6 km) of which is whitewater. It is crossed by the Brotherhood Bridge around where the surrounding landscape transitions from rural to urban.

The river is named in honor of Thomas Corwin Mendenhall, the superintendent of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey (1889–1894).

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