Information About

Newhalen

Quick Facts

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Location

59 ° 43' 12" N,
154 ° 53' 49.999" W

Region

Lake and Peninsula

Elevation

75 ft (22.86 m)

Newhalen in Detail.

About

population 63, on N shore of Iliamna Lake, at mouth of Newhalen River, 2.5 mi. S of Iliamna, Bristol Bay Low.

History

Eskimo name of a village listed in the 1890 Census as "Noghelingamute" or "people of the Noghelin," population 16. (1893 p. 164). The present spelling is an anglicization of the name. There evidently were two villages of these people on Newhalen River in 1890; see Noghelin Painga.