 Shore of Bristol Bay near Naknek. Bristol Bay is the eastern-most arm of the Bering Sea, at 57° to 59° North 157° to 162° West. It is located between the southwest part of the Alaska mainland to its north, and the Alaska Peninsula to its south and east. Bristol Bay is 400 KM (250 miles) long and 290 KM, (180) miles wide at its mouth. A number of rivers flow into the bay, including the Cinder, Igushik, Kvichak, Meshik, Nushagak, Naknek, Togiak, and Ugashik. Photo of Bristol Bay shoreline near Naknek, taken July 1998 by User:Stan Shebs File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
Photo of Bristol Bay shoreline near Naknek, taken July 1998 by User:Stan Shebs File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
Naknek is a census-designated place located in Bristol Bay Borough, Alaska. ...
The Bering (or Imarpik) Sea is a body of water above, and separted from, the north Pacific Ocean Ocean by the Alaska Peninsula and Aleutian Islands. ...
State nickname: The Last Frontier, The Land of the Midnight Sun Other U.S. States Capital Juneau Largest city Anchorage Governor Frank Murkowski (R) Senators Ted Stevens (R) Lisa Murkowski (R) Official language(s) English Area 663,267 mi² / 1,717,854 km² (1st) - Land 571,951 mi² / 1,481...
Volcanoes on the Alaska Peninsula The Alaska Peninsula is a peninsula extending about 800 km (500 miles) to the southwest from the mainland of Alaska and ending in the Aleutian Islands. ...
The Kvichak River is a river in southern Alaska, at the base of the Alaska Peninsula, at about 58°40 North 157°34 West. ...
The Nushagak River is a river in southwest Alaska, at about 60°50 North 154° West. ...
Salmon boats going upriver from Naknek, with buildings of South Naknek visible on the opposite bank. ...
The Ugashik River is a river in southwest Alaska, located on the Alaska Peninsula and flowing 42 miles from headwaters near the Lower Ugashik Lake and emptying into Ugashik Bay, an estuary of the Bering Seas Bristol Bay. ...
Upper reaches of Bristol Bay experience some of the highest tides in the world. One such reach, the Nushagak Bay near Dillingham and another near Naknek in Kvichak Bay have tidal extremes in excess of 30 feet (9.9 meters), ranking them - and the area - as eighth highest in the world. This, coupled with the extreme number of shoals, sandbars and shallows, makes navigation troublesome, especially during the area's frequently strong winds. Nushagak Bay is one of the largest estuaries of Bristol Bay, a large body of water in the eastern Bering Sea north of the Alaska Peninsula. ...
Dillingham is a city located in Dillingham Census Area, Alaska. ...
Naknek is a census-designated place located in Bristol Bay Borough, Alaska. ...
Kvichak Bay is an arm on the northeast side of Bristol Bay in southern Alaska, at 58°40 North 157°34 West. ...
As the shallowest part of the Bering Sea, Bristol Bay is one of the most dangerous areas for large vessels. This is one reason why the Bristol Bay commercial salmon fishing fleet is limited to 32-foot (10 meters) overall keel length. In addition, most of the area is not well documented by nautical charts and navigational aids are sparse.
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Bristol Bay is home to the world's largest sockeye salmon fishery as well as strong runs of chum salmon, silver salmon and king salmon, each occuring seasonally. Binomial name Oncorhynchus nerka (Walbaum, 1792) Sockeye Salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka), also called Red Salmon or Blueback Salmon, is an anadromous species of salmon found in the Pacific Ocean. ...
Major industries are commercial fishing and the associated canneries, sport fishing, hunting and tourism. The number of commercial lodges, hunting- and fishing-resorts and visitors to the nearby Katmai National Park and Preserve has grown exponentially in recent years. The area has also experienced significant interest in oil and mineral development, most notably with the proposed Pebble Mine on the south shore of Lake Iliamna, and auctioning of leases to tracts in the southern Bristol Bay area known as the North Aleutians Basin, an area which has been closed to offshore oil and gas development since a moratorium in 1998. Sport fishing is a form of recreational fishing where the primary reward is the challenge of finding and catching the fish rather than the culinary or financial value of the fishs flesh. ...
Hunting is most commonly applied to the practice of pursuing animals to capture or kill them for food, sport, or trade in their products. ...
A tourist boat travels the River Seine in Paris, France Beaches make popular tourist resorts. ...
Katmai National Park and Preserve is a United States National Park in Alaska, notable for the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes and for its brown bears. ...
Iliamna Lake or Lake Iliamna is a lake in southwest Alaska at 59°46 N, 154°50 W, at the base of the Alaska Peninsula. ...
The North Aleutians Basin is a geographic phenomenon, primarily a submarine depression, occurring in the southern Bristol Bay region of the Bering Sea and just off the northern shore of the Alaska Peninsula. ...
Demographics The three largest communities of the Bristol Bay area are Dillingham, King Salmon, and Naknek. Smaller communities (villages) which dot the coastline and rivers of Bristol Bay include: Egegik (pronounced IG-eg-ick), Ekuk (pronounced É-kok), Igiugig (pronounced É-ġee-YAW-gig), Manokotak (pronounced mana-KOE-tak), New Stuyahok (pronounced STEW-ya-hock), Newhalen, Nondalton, Pilot Point, Port Heiden, and Ugashik (pronounced yew-GASH-ik). Dillingham is a city located in Dillingham Census Area, Alaska. ...
King Salmon is a census-designated place located in Bristol Bay Borough, Alaska. ...
Naknek is a census-designated place located in Bristol Bay Borough, Alaska. ...
Egegik is a city located in Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska, USA. As of the 2000 census, the population of the city is 116. ...
Ekuk, Alaska is a small community of mostly seasonal fishing families who set gillnet in the nearby waters of the Nushagak Bay for mid-summer runs of sockeye salmon, early season runs of King Salmon and late season runs of Silver Salmon. ...
Igiugig is a census-designated place located in Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska. ...
Pilot Point may refer to: Pilot Point, Alaska Pilot Point, Texas This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...
Ugashik is a census-designated place located in Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska. ...
All of these communities are primarily inhabited by Alaska Natives, except for Dillingham and King Salmon; the former being influenced early-on by white salmon-cannery employees of European descent and the latter being heavily populated by military personnel stationed, primarily during Cold War years, at the nearby King Salmon Air Force Station and later by visitors and employees of the nearby Katmai National Park and Preserve. Alaska Natives are indigenous peoples who live in what is now the U.S. state of Alaska. ...
Katmai National Park and Preserve is a United States National Park in Alaska, notable for the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes and for its brown bears. ...
*See Also:* Dillingham is a city located in Dillingham Census Area, Alaska. ...
Bristol Bay Borough is a borough located in the U.S. state of Alaska on Bristol Bay or Iilgayaq Bay. ...
Lake and Peninsula Borough is a borough located in the state of Alaska. ...
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