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The river's name comes from the Yup'ik, kusquqviim, recorded by a Russian sailor in 1826. [1] The Tanana (Athabaskan) name for the river was Chin-ana. [2] Upper Kuskokwim (Kolchan) is often used to mean the people of the upper parts of the river, while Yup'ik people live along the lower river.
The Kolmakov Redoubt Site is a historic archaeological site on the Kuskokwim River in western Alaska. The site is located downriver from the hamlet of Sleetmute, about 21 miles east of Aniak. The site was the location of a major trading post, which was one of the only ones established deep in the Alaskan interior by the Russian-American Company.
Middle Fork Kuskokwim River – 130 miles (210 km) Big River – 130 miles (210 km) South Fork Kuskokwim River – 130 miles (210 km) East Fork Kuskokwim River – 40 miles (64 km) Slow Fork – 60 miles (97 km) Tonzona River – 75 miles (121 km) North Fork Kuskokwim River – 150 miles (240 km) Swift Fork – 75 miles (121 km)
Bethel (Central Yupik: Mamterilleq) is a city in the U.S. state of Alaska, located on the Kuskokwim River approximately 50 miles (80 km) from where the river flows into Kuskokwim Bay. It is the largest community in western Alaska and in the Unorganized Borough and the eighth-largest in the state.
McGrath (Tochak’ [4] in Upper Kuskokwim, Digenegh [5] in Deg Xinag) is a city [6] [7] and village on the Kuskokwim River in Alaska, United States. The population was 301 at the 2020 census . [ 8 ] Despite its small population, the village is an important transportation and economic hub for the area.
Kuskokwim Bay is a bay in southwestern Alaska, at about It is about 160 km (99 mi) long, and 160 km (99 mi) wide. The Kuskokwim River empties into Kuskokwim Bay.
Aniak is a Yup'ik word meaning "the place where it comes out," which refers to the mouth of the Aniak River where it flows into the Kuskokwim River. [10] This river played a role in the Placer Gold Rush of 1900–01, [11] when prospectors from Nome rushed to the Kuskokwim River Delta after hearing of discoveries [12] along the "Yellow River", later believed to be the Aniak River [13] because ...
The Stony River (Deg Xinag: Gidighuyghatno' Giqedhatno; Dena'ina: K'qizaghetnu) is a 190-mile (310 km) tributary of the Kuskokwim River in the U.S. state of Alaska. [1] The river flows south from near Mount Mausolus in the Revelation Mountains of the Alaska Range through the northwestern corner of Lake Clark National Park and Preserve.