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Beaver; lak.-, iK-tw.vn tlu' lu-a(hvaU>ri^ of the Unalaklik and Yukon, draining into 

 till' hitlt-r. •• An oin'n tundra known as Beaver lake, as it is covered with 

 wat^T in the sprinjr." I.oc-al name from Dall, 18tj6. 



Beaver; mountain, near Beaver bay, Unalaska, eastern Aleutians. ( ailed Bobrovskoi 

 (sea otter) by Lutke in 1836. 



Beaver; iiinimtain range, in central Alaska. Is so indicated on map of Alaska, 

 piiblislied by Parliament in 1855. (Arctic papers III, 916. ) Probably the 

 Xanana mountains. The name also appears on a map issued 1 )y the United 

 suites (ieneral Land OiWce in 1869. 



Beaver; p(jint, the southern jjoint of entraniie to Shelikof bay, on western coast of 

 Kruzof islantl, Alexander archipelago. Probably named Bobrovie (sea 

 otter) by Rikord in 1810. 



Beaver; village, or native settlement on northern shore of and near entrance to 

 Bi'a\er bay, Unalaska. Called Bobrova and Bobrovo (sea otter) by 

 Sariclu'f in 1792. In about 1830 it consisted of 4 huts (yourts) and 41 

 people. Its native name is Uguiiig. 



Beavertail; island, in Big Branch bay, Baranof island, Alexander archipelago. So 

 named by IMoser in 1897. 



Becharof; lake, on Alaska peninsula. The lake was named at an early day by the 

 Russians after Becharof, a master in the Russian navy, who was at Kodiak 

 in 1788. It has been variously written Becharoff, Betehareff, Bocharof, 

 Bochonoff, Botcharoff, Rochanoff, etc. The Eskimo name appears to l)e 

 Igiagiuk, or Ugiagwik, or Ugashik, etc. It has also been known as Tugat 

 or Ninuan-Tugat, etc., while Agulogak of Sarichef is probably this lake. 



Becharof; mountain, on Alaska peninsula. Name as above, recently applied. 



Becher; ]>oint, the western head of (Iwydyr bay on the Arctic coast, near Beechey 

 point. This name has resulted from confusion. Franklin, in 1826, named a 

 point near here Beechey. In 1837 Deaseand Simpson transferred Franklin's 

 name to another point a little farther east, viz, to the one here called Be(;her, 

 and to Franklin's Beechey point they gave the name Berens. Later maps 

 retain the name Beechey as applied by Franklin and give to i]m cape a 

 new name Becher. 



Bechevin; bay, in Isanotski strait, indenting the western end of Alaska peninsula. 

 Called Port Betchevinskoi, by Lutke, in 1836. Named presumably after 

 Bechevin, a wealthy merchant of Irkutsk Siberia, who in 1760 dispatched 

 the largest vessel sent out, up to that time, to the Aleutian islands — the 

 (ravril or Gabriel. The bay has also been called Isanotski. 



Bechevin; bay, indenting the northern coast of Atka, Andreanof group, middle 

 Aleutians. Ajjparently so named by Billings about 1790. On Billings 

 track chart in Sauer's account it is Belsheviuskoi. Named doubtless 

 after the Irkutsk merchant Bechevin. Variously written Betchevinskoi, 

 Bichevina, etc. 



Bechevin; cape, near Bechevin bay, on the north shore of Atka, middle Aleutians. 

 Calle<l Betchevinskoi by Lutke, who seemingly took it from the jiilot 

 Ingenstrem. 



Beck; hills, or mountains near junction of Fickettand Koyukuk rivers. So named, 

 in 1,S85, by Allen, "in honor of Senator James B. Beck, of Kentucky. 

 The Indians seemed to have no names for these." 



Beck; jioint, in 1 1 assler harbor, Annette island, Alexander an-hipelago. So named 

 by the Coaat Survey in 1883. 



Bede; ])oint, on the eastern side of entrance to Cook inlet. So named by Cook in 

 1778. "In naming this (Cape Bede) and Mt. St. Augustin, Captain Cook 

 was directi'd by our calendar." 



