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The lower river below Aniak is located within the Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge. The river receives the Big River from the south approximately 20 miles (32 km) southwest of Medfra. It receives the Swift, Stony, and Holitna rivers from the south at the southern end of the Kuskokwim Mountains before emerging on the coastal plain.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Napakiak is located at (60.693282, -161.973491), [4] on the north bank of the Kuskokwim River, approximately 10 miles (16 km) downriver (southwest) of Bethel. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 5.0 square miles (13.0 km 2), of which 4.4 square miles (11.4 km 2) is land and 0.62 square miles (1.6 km 2), or 12.26%, is water.
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 ...