History of Ray River

Named by Lieutenant H. T. Allen, USA, in 1885 for Captain Patrick Henry Ray, USA, who established a station at Barrow in 1881 for meteorologic and magnetic observations. The Indian name, according to Dall (1870, p. 281) of the Western Union Telegraph expedition in 1867, was "Tseetoht," It was spelled "Shetchaut," by Whymper (1869, map). Recent maps have confused the Ray and Big Salt Rivers.

Found on the following Topo Maps

Places Near Ray River

Smoothface Mountain,

Crescent Island, Kalka Island, Sightas Island,

Maypole Hill,

Fort Hamlin Hills,

Big Salt River, Ray River,

Clinton Creek, Hess Creek, Isom Creek, Lynx Creek, Woodcamp Creek,