Chena River, Alaska
When we first went to Fairbanks, we lived out near the Fairbanks Airport, two blocks from the Chena River.
In Florida, I had to caution my two young sons to watch for snakes - there were none in Alaska, thankfully, but through the yard in Fairbanks daily came all the 'critters' to get water at the River.
The admonition, then, literlly became "watch for bears and wolves and caribou!"
Here is the current view of the Chena River at 06:14:48 from the Live Cam at the Bureau of Land Management there in Fairbanks:
