heading between Sadlerochit and Shublik Mts. flows W through Ignek Valley to Canning River, 8 mi. NW of Mount Copleston and 53 mi. NW of Mount Michelson, Arctic Slope. 14 miles long.
Leffingwell (1919, p. 121), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), writes, "The native (Eskimo) name of the stream which cut Red Hill is "Ignek," meaning "fire." The natives have assured the writer that these red beds were still smoking when their ancestors came into the country, not many years ago." Jenness spells the name "Ignik" (1928, p. 96).