Information About

Vinasale

Vinasale

Quick Facts
Region:
  • Yukon-Koyukuk (CA)
Nearest City:
Elevation:
  • 305 ft (92.96 m)
About

on left bank of Kuskokwim River, 20 mi. S of Mcgrath, Kilbuck-Kuskokwim

History of Vinasale

Ingalik Indian village and later a trading post reported in 1842-44 by Lieutenant L. A. Zagoskin, Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), as "G(orod) Vinisali." W. S. Post and J. E. Post recorded "Vinasahle" on his fieldsheet. It is reported to have been abandoned about 1935 (Hosley, 1961, p. 112). The population in 1890 was 140.