| Eagle River | |
| Map Size: | 300 |
| Pushpin Map: | USA Alaska |
| Pushpin Map Size: | 300 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the mouth of the Eagle River in Alaska |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | United States |
| Subdivision Type2: | State |
| Subdivision Name2: | Alaska |
| Subdivision Type4: | Borough |
| Subdivision Name4: | City and Borough of Wrangell |
| Length: | 8miles[1] |
| Source1: | Eagle Lake |
| Source1 Location: | Coast Mountains, Tongass National Forest |
| Source1 Coordinates: | 56.0719°N -131.4839°W |
| Source1 Elevation: | 376feet[2] |
| Mouth: | Eagle Bay |
| Mouth Location: | 5miles southwest of the head of Bradfield Canal |
| Mouth Coordinates: | 56.1636°N -131.5975°W[3] |
| Mouth Elevation: | 0feet |
The Eagle River is a stream, 8miles long, in the borough of Wrangell in the U.S. state of Alaska.[3] Heading at Eagle Lake in the Coast Mountains, it flows northwest through part of the Tongass National Forest into Eagle Bay on the Bradfield Canal.[3] [4] Near the midpoint of its course, the river passes through Little Eagle Lake.[4] On the shore opposite Eagle Bay and the Eagle River mouth, the Harding River enters Bradfield Canal.[4]
The United States Forest Service manages a public-use cabin, accessible only by floatplane, at Eagle Lake. Eagle Lake Cabin, about 1miles from the Eagle River outlet, comes with a 14feet oared skiff for fishing. Eagle Lake supports a population of "trophy" coastal cutthroat trout.[5]
Although the cabin is open year-round, lake ice may prevent floatplanes from landing. Amenities are minimal and do not include electricity or drinking water. Hunters as well as fishers sometimes rent the cabin.[6]
Major game fish in the Eagle River itself include pink and chum salmon, and Dolly Varden char, as well as coastal cutthroat trout.[7] These fish are accessible by boat traveling upriver from the mouth.[8]
The Forest Service manages a public-use cabin, the Harding River Cabin, about 2miles across Bradfield Canal from the Eagle River mouth. Renters of this cabin sometimes fish along the Eagle River or hunt for waterfowl on its tidal flats.[8]