Description
Rising in the Bendeleben Mountains, flows S to Golovnin Lagoon, emptying into Golofnin Sound, 35 mi. E of Solomon, Seward Peninsula High. 47 miles long.
History
Eskimo name reported in 1838 as "Ikalikhvik" meaning "fish (or fish place" by Kashevarof. Various spellings were reported by Western Union Telegraph Expedition 1865-67. Dall (1870, p. 284) appears to be the first to have applied the name "Fish River" when he wrote: "Golofnina Bay is connected with a large lagoon which opens in Grantley Harbor by the extremely winding channel of the Fish River, which has one principal tributary, the Kavi-ava-zak." Dall's application heads the Fish River on what is now the Niukluk River.