Alaska Gazetteer
George River is a physical feature (stream) in Bethel (CA) Borough. The primary coordinates for George River places it within the 99656 ZIP Code delivery area.
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| Feature Name: | George River |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Stream |
| Description: | heads at 623400N1571000W and flows SW to Kuskokwim River, 23 mi. NW of Sleetmute, Kilbuck-Kuskokwim Mts. 80 miles long. |
| History: | "Locally named for George Fredericks, proprietor of a trading post at its mouth; reported in 1910 by A. G. Maddren (in Brooks and others, 1911, pl. 11), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). In 1842 Lieutenant L. A. Zagoskin, Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), called this river by the Indian name ""Keledzhichagat."" In 1913 A. H. Brooks, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), reported the name ""Yukwonilnuk"" and in 1915 U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) reported local usage to be ""George River.""" |
| Borough: | Bethel (CA) Borough |
| Latitude: | 61.8974990845 |
| Longitude: | -157.708892822 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for George River: George River.
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