Description
Heads at Amanka Lake, flows SE 50 mi to Nushagak Bay, 26 mi SW of Dillingham, Bristol Bay Low.
History
Eskimo name reported by Captain Tebenkov (1852, map 4), Royal Navy (RN), as "R[eka] Iguzhak." The descriptive name "Crooked River" was given in 1898 by J.E. Spurr, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); "Snake River" was applied in 1900 by Lieutenant Commander J.F. Moser, U.S. Navy (USN), of the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries (USBF) steamer Albatross, "because of the rivers winding course."