Information About

Snake River

Quick Facts

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Location

58 ° 46' 16" N,
158 ° 42' 31" W

Region

Dillingham (CA)

Nearest City

Ekuk

Snake River in Detail.

About

heads at Lake Nunavaugaluk, flows SE to Nushagak Bay, 15 mi. SW of Dillingham, Bristol Bay Low.

History

Local descriptive name given in 1898 by J. E. Spurr and W. S. Post, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), apparently because of the "tortuous course of the stream." The Eskimo name is "Igushik."