Nushagak Bay is a large estuary covering over 62 miles in southwest part of the U.S. state of Alaska. It opens to Bristol Bay, a large body of water in the eastern Bering Sea north of the Alaska Penin
Packrafts in Nushagak Bay
Salting station of C.E. Whitney and Co., loading the barkentine Willie R. Hume, Nushagak Bay, 1900
Cannery worker making boxes at Clarks Point, Nushagak Bay in 1918
The Igushik River is a stream, 50 miles long, in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Alaska. The river flows south from Amanka Lake into the Nushagak Bay arm of Bristol Bay. Except for a small
Nushagak Bay
…the mouth of the Nushagak River to Bristol Bay some 30 miles (48 km) southward. The bay is also fed by several additional rivers, including the Wood, Igushik, and Snake rivers. Photos from the Region…
Alaska Packer's Association saltery on the Igushik River, 1917