heads at Tikchik Lake, flows SE 36 mi. to Nushagak River, 65 mi. NE of Dillingham; Bristol Bay Low.
the Eskimo name "Tikchik River" was published in 1898 by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS); recorded as "Nu-ya-kok or (Tik-chik)" on a 1910 manuscript map by H. C. Fassett, U.S. Bureau of Fisheries (USBF).