Information About

Clarks Point

Quick Facts

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Location

58 ° 50' 30.001" N,
158 ° 33' 0" W

Region

Dillingham (CA)

Nearest City

Ekuk

Elevation

7 ft (2.13 m)

Clarks Point in Detail.

About

on E shore of Nushagak Bay, 14 mi. S of Dillingham, Bristol Bay Low.

History

The feature was named Clark Point for John Clark, who was the manager of the Alaska Commercial Company store at Nushagak Bay - Alaska Division of Community & Regional Affairs, 2009 (although it was originally reported to have been named in 1890 by U.S. Bureau of Fisheries (USBF) possibly for Samuel Fessenden Clark of Williams College - as reported in Orth, Dictionary of Alaska Place Names, 1967).

Topo Maps

Nushagak Bay (1945), Nushagak Bay (1949), Nushagak Bay (1949), Nushagak Bay (1951), Nushagak Bay (1951), Nushagak Bay (1951), Nushagak Bay (1951), Nushagak Bay (1951), Nushagak Bay (1951), Nushagak Bay (1951), Nushagak Bay D-2 (1952), Nushagak Bay D-2 (1952),
Places Near Clarks Point
Cities:

Kanulik,

Bars:

Big Sands, Clark Spit, Combine Flats, Ekuk Spit, Long Sands,

Capes:

Bradford Point, Clarks Point, Coffee Point, Ekuk Cape, Nushagak Point, Picnic Point, Snag Point,

Channels:

Middle Channel, Schooner Channel, Ship Channel, West Channel,

Cities:

Dillingham, Ekuk,

Cliffs:

Ekuk Bluff,

Flats:

Flounder Flat,

Islands:

Grassy Island,

Rivers:

Clark Slough, Nushagak River, Rolph Slough, Snake River, Wood River,

Streams:

Squaw Creek,

Cities:

Clarks Point, Nelsonville, Nushagak,