Information About

Snake River

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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."

Topo Maps

Nushagak Bay (1945), Nushagak Bay D-3 (1948), Nushagak Bay D-3 (1948), Nushagak Bay (1949), Nushagak Bay (1949), Nushagak Bay (1951), Nushagak Bay (1951), Nushagak Bay (1951), Nushagak Bay (1951), Nushagak Bay (1951), Nushagak Bay (1951), Nushagak Bay (1951), Nushagak Bay D-3 (1952),

Places Near Snake River

Bars:

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

Bays:

Nushagak Bay,

Capes:

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

Channels:

Middle Channel, West Channel,

Cities:

Ekuk,

Cliffs:

Ekuk Bluff,

Hills:

Nichols Hills,

Rivers:

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

Cities:

Clarks Point, Igushik, Nushagak,