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Snake River

Snake River

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Region:
  • Dillingham (CA)
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heads at Lake Nunavaugaluk, flows SE to Nushagak Bay, 15 mi. SW of Dillingham, Bristol Bay Low.

History of Snake River

Local descriptive name given in 1898 by J. E. Spurr and W. S. Post, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), apparently because of the "tortuous course of the stream." The Eskimo name is "Igushik."