Information About

Kachwona Creek

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Kachwona Creek on The Map

Location

67 ° 50' 38" N,
150 ° 52' 55.999" W

Region

Yukon-Koyukuk (CA)

Nearest City

Anaktuvuk Pass

Tributaries

Fish Creek,

Elevation

1437 ft (438 m)

Kachwona Creek in Detail.

About

flows NE to North Fork Koyukuk River at Gates of the Arctic, 37 mi. NW of Wiseman, Brooks Range

History

Probably named for an Eskimo girl of the Wiseman area. Marshall (1956, p. 83), in describing a Fourth of July celebration in Wiseman, wrote, "The big feature * * * was dancing. We started at six-thirty on the evening of July 4, and at eleven next morning four Eskimo girls, Kaaruk, Ashuwaruk, Kayak, and Kachwona, were still going strong * * *."