heads at 663400N1550900W, flows W to Kobuk River 32 mi. SE of Shungnak, Kotzebue-Kobuk Low.
Eskimo name meaning "stream mouth (pang)" probably applied to the stream by Lieutenant G. M. Stoney, U.S. Navy (USN), in 1885, and spelled by him "Par." According to Lieutenant Cantwell (1885, p. 31), U.S. Revenue-Cutter Service (USRCS), the Eskimo name for the stream was "Chok-way-chok" (also spelled "Shok-ah-bok-shegiak") which he says refers to the "rapid current" at the stream's mouth. See Pah Rapids.