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Young; fuve, in Dall island, Howkan strait, Cordova bay, Alexander archii^elawo. 

 So named by Sheldon Jackson, in 1880, after Rev. Samuel Hall Young, a 

 niis.>;ionary, who began work at Wrangell in 1878. 

 Young-: creek, tributary to Kings creek, from the west, which latter is in turn tribu- 

 tary to the Matanuska river about 30 miles above its mouth. So named 

 by Glenn, in 1898, after Corporal Young, a member of his jiartv. 

 Young; croek, tributary to the Nizina, from the south. So named by Gerdine in 



1900, after Robert Young, a member of his party. 

 Young; island, at entrance to View cove, Tlevak strait, Cordova bay, Alexander 



archipelago. So named by Dall, in 1882, after Rev. S. Hall Youn*. 

 Yoinu/, island; see CorHes. 



Yonnff; marsh, in Fritz cove, Douglas island, Alexander archipelago. Called 

 Young's marsh by Symonds in 1880. Later charts do not show any 

 marsh here. 

 Young; mountaih (5,260 feet high), between Lynn canal and Glacier bay, south- 

 eastern Alaska. Named by Reid, in 1892, after Rev. S. Hall Youno-. 

 Young; point, the eastern j^oint of entrance to Auke cove, Stephens passage, Alex- 

 ander archipelago. So named by Vancouver in 1794. 

 Young; sunken rock, in Zimovia strait, near north end of Etolin island. Discovered 

 by Rev. S. Hall Young, in 1882, and named after him by the Coast Survey. 

 Yn)ij,-nut, creek; see Anikovik. 

 Yugnat; rocks, off the northern point of entrance to Kukak bay, Shelikof strait. 



Apparently a native name, from Vasilief, 1831. 

 Ynkagamnt, village; see Ikuak. 

 Ynhujamut, village; see Ingahameh. 

 Yukla; creek, tributary to Knik arm, from the east, near head of Cook inlet. Native 



name, obtained by Mendenhall in 1898. 

 Yuko; river, tributary to the Yukon, from the south, about 40 miles above the 

 mouth of the Koyukuk. Native name reported, in 1861, by Tikhmenief, 

 who wrote it Yukukakat, i. e., Yuku river; see Kakat. Has also been 

 written Yukokargutand appears to be identical with Soonkakatof recent 

 maps. See Soonkakat. • 

 Yukukakat. Petrof in the Tenth Census, 1880, gives this as the name of a settlement 

 of 6 people, on the north bank of the Yukon at the mouth of the Yuko or 

 perhaps Soonkakat river. 

 Ynkokon, river; see White. 



Yukon; liarbor, indenting the southeastern shore of Big Koniuji island, Shumagin 



group. So named by Dall, in 1874, after the Coast Survey schooner Yukon. 



Yukon; hills or mountains (1,000 to 2,500 feet high), between the Yukon and 



Koyukuk rivers, central Alaska. Called Yukon mountains bv Dall in 



1869. 



Yukon; island, in the Yukon river, at mouth of the Kovukuk. So named bv Allen 



m 1885. 

 Yukon: island, on the southern shore of Kachemak bay, Cook inlet. So named by 



Dall, in 1880, after the Coast Survev schooner l^ibm. 

 Yukon; principal river of Alaska. The headwaters of this river were known to 



tra. ers of the Hudson Bay Company early in the 19th century. Its lower 



part was explored l^y the Russians in 1837-38. Derzhabin founded the 



";?r" ^'^l^ ^''^'''^'' "' ^^^^' ^"^ McMurray the English post Fort Yukon 

 m 184/. The Eskimo name of the river, by which it was long known, is 

 Kwik-pak (river big). Variously spelled Kvichpak, Kvikhpakh, etc. 

 itie Indian name is Yukon, variously written Youcon, Yucon, etc., while 



