History of Kaviak

Site of an Eskimo village. Lieutenant L. A. Zagoskin, Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), 1842-44, wrote the name of the village as "Kaviag-miut" and said it meant "Fox." Members of the Western Union Telegraph Expedition spelled the name variously in the "Esquimaux," their monthly newspaper published at Teller, 1866-67. In the 10th Census, in 1880, Petroff (1884, p. 11) listed a population of 200 Eskimo. The 11th Census, in 1890, (p. 130) included "Kaviagmiut" in the Port Clarence village. Subsequent censuses have not recorded this village.

Found on the following Topo Maps

Places Near Kaviak

Kaviak,

Windy Cove,

Imuruk Basin,

Mount Osborn,

Kigluaik Mountains,

Agiapuk River, Cobblestone River, Kruzgamepa River, Kuzitrin River,

Davidsons Slough, Duck Creek, Flat Creek, Glacier Canyon Creek, Oro Grande Creek,