Information About

Quail Island

Quick Facts

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Location

63 ° 54' 46.001" N,
159 ° 2' 20" W

Region

Yukon-Koyukuk (CA)

Nearest City

Kaltag

Elevation

98 ft (29.87 m)

Quail Island in Detail.

About

in Yukon River, 50 mi. E of Unalakleet, Innoko Low.

History

Local name reported in 1952 by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Its earlier name "Leah Island" was given by steamboat pilots after the steamboat Leah built at Saint Michael about 1895 and named for Leah Shingleberger, mother-in-law of Captain Gustav Niebaum of the Alaska Commercial Company.