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Minto Flats is a large wetland complex approximately 35 miles west of Fairbanks, within the Minto Flats State Game Refuge. The area contains a number of large and small lakes which drain into the Tolovana River via Goldstream Creek, numerous sloughs, and the Chatanika River. Minto Flats is known for its large population of northern pike. Summer access is by boat or floatplane only. Both the road down to the Chatanika River and the launch require high-clearance four-wheel drive vehicles, and access to the boat launch may require chains during periods of wet weather.