heads in Brooks Range on Rim Butte, flows NE to Ipnavik River, 37 mi. N of Howard Pass, Arctic Slope. 20 miles long.
Named in 1950 by I. L. Tailleur, geologist, with the Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 4 explorations; name published by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in 195. The name is an arbitrary assignment of shipping code from Weasels.