Description
South Fork Goodnews River is located heads at 591200N1605400W, flows SW to Goodnews River, 4 mi. E of Goodnews River, 4 mi. E of Goodnews,Kilbuck-Kuskokwim Mts.
History
Originally called "Mumtrak Creek" in 1909 by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) on Chart 8802 for Mumtrak, the Eskimo village at its mouth. It was called" South Fork Goodnews River" in 1919 by G. L. Harrington (in Brooks, 1921, pl. 7), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).