Information About

Vinasale

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Vinasale on The Map

Location

62 ° 38' 13.999" N,
155 ° 42' 37.001" W

Region

Yukon-Koyukuk (CA)

Nearest City

McGrath

Elevation

305 ft (92.96 m)

Vinasale in Detail.

About

on left bank of Kuskokwim River, 20 mi. S of Mcgrath, Kilbuck-Kuskokwim

History

Ingalik Indian village and later a trading post reported in 1842-44 by Lieutenant L. A. Zagoskin, Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), as "G(orod) Vinisali." W. S. Post and J. E. Post recorded "Vinasahle" on his fieldsheet. It is reported to have been abandoned about 1935 (Hosley, 1961, p. 112). The population in 1890 was 140.