The Kink is a manmade feature of the North Fork Fortymile River in remote eastern Alaska.

It is a channel that was blasted through a rock ridge by gold miners in 1904, in the belief that bypassing a horseshoe-shaped meander in the river's natural flow would reveal gold deposits.

The creation of the channel was a major engineering feat of the time, given the remote location and harsh climate (conditions that continue to apply today).

[2] The Kink was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.

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