Information About

Chetlechak Island

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Chetlechak Island on The Map

Location

65 ° 58' 21" N,
149 ° 15' 34.999" W

Region

Yukon-Koyukuk (CA)

Nearest City

Minto

Elevation

305 ft (92.96 m)

Chetlechak Island in Detail.

About

in Yukon River, 5 mi. N of Fort Hamlin, 42 mi. NE of Rampart, Yukon Flats. 3 miles long.

History

Local name published in the 1950's by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). 1898 by Captain W. R. Abercrombie, USA, who spelled it "Chestalena." This is the same stream that Lieutenant H. T. Allen (1887, map), USA, called in 1885 "Liebigstag," for a local Indian chief (p. 58). Mendenhall (1905, p. 21), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), says that this latter name still had limited use as late as 1902.