Getting To Nushagak River

History of Nushagak River

Eskimo name recorded about 1809 by Sub. Lieutenant Ivan Filipovich Vasiliev, Imperial Russian Navy (IRN). Published as "Reka Nushegak" by Lieutenant Sarichev, Imperial Russian Navy (IRN) (1826, map 3). In 1778 Captain James Cook, RN, (1785, p. 433) named this feature "Bristol River." See Bristol Bay. According to Lieutenant L.A.Zagoskin, Imperial Russian Navy (IRN) (Michael, p. 254), in 1844 the headwater of this stream, above the Nuyakuk River, was called "Ilgayak" by the Eskimos.

Fatalities

Found on the following Topo Maps

Places Near Nushagak River

Kanulik,

Big Sands, Clark Spit, Combine Flats, Ekuk Spit, Long Sands,

Nushagak Bay,

Bradford Point, Clarks Point, Coffee Point, Ekuk Cape, Nushagak Point,

Middle Channel, Schooner Channel, Ship Channel, West Channel,

Ekuk,

Ekuk Bluff,

Grassy Island,

Clark Slough, Igushik River, Nushagak River, Snake River, Weary River,

Clarks Point, Nelsonville, Nushagak,