Togiak River is a 48-mile-long (77 km) river

River

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 in the U.S. state

U.S. state

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 of Alaska

Alaska

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. It begins at Togiak Lake

Togiak Lake

Togiak Lake is a 13-mile-long lake in the U.S. state of Alaska, which extends South-West from mouth of Izavieknik River, North-East of Goodnews Bay, Kilbuck-Kuskokwim Mountains.- Little Togiak Lake :...

 and flows southwest to Togiak Bay

Togiak Bay

Togiak Bay is an 18-mile-long bay in the U.S. state of Alaska. It extends southwest from the Togiak River to Hagemeister Island and east 25 miles from Tongue Point to the mouth of the Negukthlik River....

, two miles (3 km) east of Togiak

Togiak, Alaska

Togiak is a city in Dillingham Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 809.-Geography:...

 and 45 miles (72 km) east of Goodnews Bay

Goodnews Bay, Alaska

Goodnews Bay is a city in Bethel Census Area, Alaska, USA. As of the 2000 census, the population of the city is 230.-Geography:...

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Large catches of salmon

Salmon

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 are landed during the summer at the commercial cannery in Togiak, and the fishery is also very important for subsistence harvesting by the local Alaska Natives

Alaska Natives

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.

The Togiak is a popular and productive river for sport fishing, producing very good catches of all five species of Pacific salmon. Dolly Varden

Dolly Varden trout

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 char and rainbow trout

Rainbow trout

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 are also present, and sport fishing is a substantial contributor to the local economy.

The river itself is very scenic, especially in the upper wilderness area, flanked by hills and distant mountains. Float trips are becoming increasingly popular, with excellent chances of observing wildlife including brown bear

Brown Bear

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s, caribou, moose

Moose

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, eagle

Eagle

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s and beaver

Beaver

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See also

• List of Alaska rivers
• Togiak Wilderness
  Togiak Wilderness
  Togiak Wilderness is a federally designated wilderness area in the Dillingham and Bethel Census Areas in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Alaska. At , it occupies the northern half of the Togiak National Wildlife Refuge...