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Iniskin Bay

Iniskin Bay

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at mouth of Iniskin River, extends south 10 miles to Cook Inlet, W of Iniskin Peninsula, Aleutian Range

History of Iniskin Bay

Local name reported in 1903 as "Enochkin" by G. C. Martin (in Emmons and Hayes, 1904, p. 376), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); said to have been named for a Russian trader named Enochkin, "who years ago had a post in the region."