population 40, on shore of Mentasta Lake, on W side of Mentasta Pass, 38 mi. SW of Tok; Alaska Range
this appears to be an early Indian settlement site which has been located in more than one place around Mentasta Lake. P. G. Lowe in 1898 reported near the lake an Indian's house which he called John's House or John's Village, after the Indian occupant. The U.S. Army Signal Corps established a telegraph station in the pass in 1902. area has been the best known route of native migration across the Alaska Range since the first native settlements here. Mentasta Lake post office was established in 1947 and discontinued in 1951 (Rices, 1965, p. 42). "Montasta Lake native village" with a population of 15.
Burnt Lake, Carlson Lake, Indian Pass Lake, Kennedy Lake, Mentasta Lake, Suslota Lake,
Mountain Passes:Indian Pass, Mentasta Pass, Sikonsina Pass,
Streams:Streams:Ahtell Creek, Bartell Creek, Bone Creek, Burnt Creek, Carlson Creek, Fish Creek, Lost Creek, Mabel Creek, Mentasta Creek, Natat Creek, Porcupine Creek, Rufus Creek, Suslositna Creek, Suslota Creek, Timber Creek,
Cities:Valleys:Cities:Sorted by Most Common to Least Common Viewings
Ring-necked Duck, Trumpeter Swan, Northern Shoveler, American Wigeon, Northern Pintail, Mallard, Canvasback, Greater White-fronted Goose, Green-winged Teal, Bufflehead, Arctic Tern, Barrow's Goldeneye, Horned Grebe, Common Raven, Cackling Goose, Red-throated Loon, Tree Swallow, Red-necked Grebe, Cliff Swallow, Common Redpoll, Red-winged Blackbird, Common Yellowthroat, Greater Scaup, Black Scoter, Red-necked Phalarope, Common Gull, Savannah Sparrow, Rusty Blackbird, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Surf Scoter, Sandhill Crane, Boreal Chickadee, White-winged Scoter, Common Goldeneye, Spotted Sandpiper, Gray Jay, Dark-eyed Junco, Canada Goose, Tundra Swan, Lesser Scaup, Lesser Yellowlegs, Herring Gull, Common Loon, Bald Eagle, Black-billed Magpie, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, American Robin, Bohemian Waxwing, White-crowned Sparrow, Wilson's Warbler, Blue-winged Teal, Redhead, Wilson's Snipe, Solitary Sandpiper, Bonaparte's Gull, Golden Eagle, Northern Harrier, Northern Goshawk, Red-tailed Hawk, Rough-legged Hawk, Merlin, Peregrine Falcon, Gray-cheeked Thrush, Swainson's Thrush, Hermit Thrush, Pine Grosbeak, Chipping sparrow, Northern Waterthrush, Orange-crowned Warbler, Yellow Warbler, Blackpoll Warbler