Information About

Tyonek

Quick Facts

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Location

61 ° 4' 5.002" N,
151 ° 8' 12.998" W

Region

Kenai Peninsula

Nearest City

Kenai

Elevation

69 ft (21.03 m)

Tyonek in Detail.

About

population 187, on NW shore of Cook Inlet, 43 mi. SW of Anchorage, Cook Inlet Low.

History

Tanaina Indian village reported in 1880 as "Toyonok" by Ivan Petroff as consisting of "2 whites, 6 creoles, and 109 natives." This Indian name means "little chief" and the Eskimo name "Tu-i-u'nuk" reportedly means "marsh people" (Hodge, 1907, p. 860), Bureau of American Ethnology (BAE). A post office named "Tyoonok" was established in 1896; renamed Tyonok in 1905, Beluga in 1909, Moquawkie in 1915, and Tyonek in 1933 (Ricks, 1965, p. 67). In 1890, the village had a population of 115; 50 in 1920; 136 in 1939; and 132 in 1950.

Topo Maps

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Places Near Tyonek
Cities:

Old Tyonek, Tobona,

Areas:

Ch-u-itnu Hdakaq-, Nughiltnu Kaq,

Bars:

Chuit Flats,

Bays:

Beshta Bay,

Beaches:

Cottonwood Beach,

Capes:

Granite Point, North Foreland,

Lakes:

Bunka Lake, Chikdashla Bena, Chuitbuna Lake, Denslow Lake, Felt Lake, First Lake, K-chanli Bena, K-etnu Ka-a Bena, Kaldachabuna Lake, Q-atl-uhghulqet- Bena, Second Lake, Spring Water Lakes, Third Lake, Tukallah Lake, Viapan Lake,

Rivers:

Beluga River, Chuitna River,

Streams:

Coffee Creek, Dory Creek, Indian Creek, K-etnu Ka-a, Lone Creek, Old Tyonek Creek, Olson Creek, Pretty Creek, Shorty Creek, Threemile Creek, Tyonek Creek,

Cities:

Beluga, Beluga, Tyonek,