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Deering

Deering

Quick Facts
Region:
  • Northwest Arctic
Fatalities:
  • 1
About

population 95, on Seward Peninsula, at mouth of Inmachuk River on Kotzebue Sound , 57 mi. SW of Kotzebue, Kotzebue-Kobuk Low.

History of Deering

This village was established in 1901 on Kotzebue Sound as a supply station for the interior mining camps. A post office was located here in 1901 (Ricks, 1965, p. 16). It was probably named for the 90-ton schooner Abbie Deering which was in the nearby waters about 1900.

Fatalities
January 30, 20111 person died snowmachining Read More