History of Hooper Bay

Named by Nelson (1882, v. 4, p. 666), U.S. Signal Service, in December 1878, for Captain Calvin Leighton Hooper, U.S. Revenue-Cutter Service (USRCS), who did extensive investigations in the Bering Sea and Arctic Ocean. The Eskimo name for this bay is "Kan-ir-thluk" according to U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in 1951.

Found on the following Topo Maps

Places Near Hooper Bay

Igiak,

Hooper Bay, Kokechik Bay,

Nuok Spit, Punoarat Point,

Kikuktok Mountain,

Keoklevik River, Kokechik River, Kolomak River, Lithkealik River, Ninglikfak River,

Issortulik Slough, Napareayak Slough, Painorouyun Slough,

Hooper Bay,