King Salmon River (Egegik River)
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- Several rivers bear the name King Salmon River in Alaska.
The King Salmon River is a tributary of the Egegik River, located on the western slope of the Alaska Peninsula in southwest Alaska.
It flows westward 63 miles (101 km) from headwaters formed at confluence of Contact Creek and Takayofo Creek directly on the southwest border of Katmai National Monument in the Aleutian Range to a confluence with the Egegik River approximately 2 miles (3 km) east of the village of Egegik.
A relatively straight and braided river, it descends from 700 feet (213 m) to near sea-level at a remarkably steady rate. Being quite shallow, it is not navigable beyond its lower reaches. Besides king salmon, the river is also hosts rainbow trout, pink salmon, and grayling.
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