What the record shows
The federal survey describes the site: on left bank of Chakchak Creek 5.5 mi. W of Baird Inlet and 88 mi. W of Bethel, Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta.
"Eskimo name reported in 1949 by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS). The village is abandoned with ""two or three graves the only sign of former habitation. It is sometimes used as a summer cmp."" Reported to mean ""mouth."""
Chakchakappears in the U.S. Geological Survey's place-name archive as a historical populated place — a settlement that once carried a name and no longer does. Our editors are verifying its full story against census records, newspaper archives, and county histories; this record will grow as sources are confirmed.
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From the field
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