Keywords: Nushagak from the water, ca 1912 (THWAITES 182).jpeg check categories 27 October 2016 3 Photograph Creator John E Thwaites Caption on image Nushagak Alaska PH Coll 247 283<br/>Nushagak Bay in northern Bristol Bay at the confluence of the Wood and Nushagak Rivers It lies 327 miles southwest of Anchorage The area was inhabited by both Eskimos and Athabascans and became a trade center when Russians erected the Alexandrovski Redoubt Post in 1818 Local Native groups and Natives from the Kuskokwim Region the Alaska Peninsula and Cook Inlet mixed together as they came to visit or live at the post The community was known as Nushagak by 1837 when a Russian Orthodox mission was established In 1881 the U S Signal Corps established a meteorological station at Nushagak In 1884 the first salmon cannery in the Bristol Bay region was constructed by Arctic Packing Co The city of Dillingham is now located at the extreme northern end of Nushagak Bay Subjects LCTGM Nushagak Alaska ; Nushagak Bay Alaska ; Waterfronts--Alaska--Nushagak; Piers wharves--Alaska--Nushagak; Boats--Alaska--Nushagak; Bays Bodies of water --Alaska depicted place United States--Alaska--Nushagak ca 1912 Institution University of Washington UWASH-THWAITES-source accession number thwaites 182 PD-old-auto-1923 1940 Information field Order Number THW145 Images from the John E Thwaites Photographs of Alaska Collection to check Waterfronts Boats in Alaska Bays |