Information About

Kvichak River

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Kvichak River on The Map

Location

58 ° 52' 50.002" N,
157 ° 2' 13.999" W

Region

Bristol Bay

Nearest City

Levelock

Tributaries

Bear Creek,

Length

50 mi (80.47 km)

Kvichak River in Detail.

About

heads in Iliamna Lake, flows SW to Kvichak Bay at Kogging, on Alaska Peninsula, 9 mi. N of Naknek, Bristol Bay Low.

History

Eskimo name reported in 1828 by Captain Lutke (1836, map 14), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), as "Riviere Bristol or Kvitchak." The spelling "Kvichak" was given by U.S. Bureau of Fisheries (USBF) on an 1888 map.