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Tuklak

A vanished town in Bethel (CA) County, Alaska.

Survey record — verification pendingFILED: AK

Tuklak

Bethel (CA) County, Alaska

records pending
Classification
Vanished town (federal archive)
Coordinates
61.4833° N, 160.4500° W

What the record shows

The federal survey describes the site: on right bank of Kuskokwim River, between Kwigalok and Uknavik, below Yukon-Kuskokwim Portage

"Former Indian Village or camp recorded in 1879 as ""Tookhlagamute,"" population 92, by E. W. Nelson, U. S. Signal Service, and reported by Ivan Petroff in the 1880 Census."

Tuklakappears 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.

Before you visit

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From the field

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