Description
Wainwright Inlet is located at mouth of Kuk River, S of Wainwright, Arctic Plain.
History
Named by Captain F. W. Beechey, Royal Navy (RN), for Lieutenant John Wainwright, RN, astronomical observer and officer on his ship, the H. M. S. Blossom. Surgeon John Simpson's native map of 1853 shows the Eskimo name "Olrona" and P. Tikhmeniev's 1861 map shows "Zal(iv) Tutagvak," which may mean "big labret."