Description
Redstone River is located heads at 673200N, 1571500W, flows SW to Ambler River, 22 mi. NW of Shungnak, Brooks Range
History
Named by Lieutenant Stoney (1900, map), U.S. Navy (USN), in 1885, apparently a translation of the Eskimo name he records as "E-vel-she-ark" and "Evesheark." This name was spelled "Ivishak" by Orth in 1956 and refers to an iron oxide used for making "red paint."