Alaska Gazetteer
Nushagak River is a physical feature (stream) in Dillingham (CA) Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Nushagak River |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Stream |
| Description: | Heads at 6035N, 15606W and flows southwest 242 miles to join the Wood River to form Nushagak Bay, 2 miles east of Dillingham, Bristol Bay Low. |
| History: | "Eskimo name recorded about 1809 by Sub. Lieutenant Ivan Filipovich Vasiliev, Imperial Russian Navy (IRN). Published as ""Reka Nushegak"" by Lieutenant Sarichev, Imperial Russian Navy (IRN) (1826, map 3). In 1778 Captain James Cook, RN, (1785, p. 433) named this feature ""Bristol River."" See Bristol Bay. According to Lieutenant L.A.Zagoskin, Imperial Russian Navy (IRN) (Michael, p. 254), in 1844 the headwater of this stream, above the Nuyakuk River, was called ""Ilgayak"" by the Eskimos." |
| Borough: | Dillingham (CA) Borough |
| Latitude: | 58.799446106 |
| Longitude: | -158.632507324 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Nushagak River: Nushagak River.
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Clarks Point, AK
(4.3 miles NE) Dillingham, AK (17.7 miles NNE) |
Manokotak, AK
(19.7 miles NW) |
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Ekuk, AK
(2.7 miles E) Igushik, AK (11.1 miles WSW) |
Nushagak, AK
(11.4 miles NNE) |
