Beaver
Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) · USGS GNIS name record 1398776
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Original USGS record for Beaver ↗Dataset snapshot 2026-09-02 · Source record edited 02/10/2011 · NAD83 · approximate source location
USGS description & history
population 101, on N bank of Yukon River, 17 mi. NE of mouth of Beaver Creek and 60 mi. SW of Fort Yukon, Yukon Flats.
Eskimo and Indian village originally established about 1906 as a river landing. About 1911 Alaska Road Commission (ARC) built a trail from the "Chandalar diggins" to the Yukon River here. With the expectation of much travel and town growth a town site was staked and many cabins built. The "Chandalar quartz" did not prove productive and the place reverted to a "native village" with a post office, established in 1913, and trading post to serve the Yukon in that area. Its population was 103 in 1930; 88 in 1939; and 101 in 1950.
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