Description
Hoholitna River is located heads in Whitefish Lake at 60560@n, 1545900W, flows NW to Holitna River 13 mi. SE of its junction Ith Kuskokwim River, 14 mi. S of Sleetmute, Stony River Low. 165 miles long.
History
Present spelling of Indian name in 1914 can be attributed to R. H. Sargent, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Name obtained in 1898 "from A. Lind, a trader" was "Haliknuk," which was said to mean "sudden (unexpected)" by J. E. Spurr and W. S. Post, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Eskimo name "Agalitnak" obtained in 1942-44 by Lieutenant L. A. Zagoskin, Imperial Russian Navy (IRN).