Information About

Itkillik River

Itkillik River

Quick Facts
Region:
  • North Slope
Nearest City:
Elevation:
  • 7 ft (2.13 m)
Wildlife:
About

heads near Oolah Pass in Endicott Mts. at 680400N1500100W, flows NE then NW 220 mi. to Colville River, 25 mi. SW of Harrison Bay, Arctic Plain.

History of Itkillik River

John Simpson (1852, v. 3, p. 918) weote that the Colville River receives "a large tributary at thirty miles from its mouth, called the Itkalingkok or Indian River." An Eskimo map drawn on warpping paper by a "Colville" Eskimo at Barrow, about 1900, shows the name "it-kil-lik." Itqiliq does mean "Indian."

Places Near Itkillik River
Channels:

Nechelik Channel, Sakoonang Channel,

Cities:

Nuiqsut,

Lakes:

Nanuk Lake,

Rivers:

Itkillik River,

Cities:

Alpine,