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Kwikpak

Kwikpak

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on N bank of Kwikpak Pass, 22 mi. N of Kwiguk, Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta.

History of Kwikpak

Eskimo village, now abandoned, reported in 1879 by US@C&GS as "Kwikpakamiut," meaning "Kwikpak people." "Kwikpak" is the Eskimo name for one of the major distributary channels of the Yukon River; it is a name often applied to the Yukon itself. This may be the same as the village of Kwikpuk reported in 1899 by US@C&GS at about 624000N1635500W.