Information About

Togiak River

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Togiak River on The Map

Location

59 ° 4' 23.002" N,
160 ° 20' 4.999" W

Region

Dillingham (CA)

Nearest City

Togiak

Length

48 mi (77.25 km)

Togiak River in Detail.

About

heads at Togiak Lake, flows SW to Togiak Bay, 2 mi. E of Togiak and 45 mi. E of Goodnews, Kilbuck-Kuskokwim Mts.

History

Eskimo name reported as "R(eka) Tugiyak," or "Tugiak River" by Captain Tebenkof (1852, map 3), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN). It was called "Togiak River" by Ivan Petroff in the 1880 Census.