Information About

Ugashik River

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Ugashik River on The Map

Location

57 ° 29' 44.002" N,
157 ° 36' 6.998" W

Region

Lake and Peninsula

Nearest City

Egegik

Tributaries

Dog Salmon River,

Length

43 mi (69.2 km)

Ugashik River in Detail.

About

heads in Upper Ugashik Lake and flows W, through Lower Ugashik Lake, to Ugashik Bay, on NW coast of Alaska Peninsula, 9 mi. SW of Ugashik, Bristol Bay Low.

History

Eskimo name transcribed in French as "Ougatchik Riviere," in 1828 by Captain Lutke (1836, p. 259), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN). At the same time Captain M. N. Staniukovich of the corvette Moller, called it "Soulima" in his journal, and for many years there was considerable confusion concerning the name of the stream or streams. According to Grewingk (1850, p. 129) there were two streams. The present spelling was given by W. H. Dall in 1868.