History of Pile River

Name reported as Syooknook River by W. E. Smith, Chief Engineer, Alaska Short Line Railway in 1907, but local usage favored Pile River because the stream flows to Pile Bay. The name published by Martin and Katz (1912, pl. 1), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

Found on the following Topo Maps

Places Near Pile River

Durants Cove, Lonesome Bay, Pile Bay,

Lonesome Point,

Big Chutes,

Dumbbell Lake, Long Lake, Meadow Lake, Moose Lake, Upper Copper Lake,

Iliamna River, Pile River,

Chinkelyes Creek, Ptarmigan Creek, Silver Creek,

Old Iliamna, Pedro Bay, Pile Bay Village,