Becharof Lake

Becharof Lake stretches across the Alaska Peninsula, its waters draining west towards Bristol Bay. Streams flowing into the lake support salmon, while mountains rise along its southern and eastern shores. In 1791 the Russian explorers Dmitry Bocharov and Vasilii Medvednikov may have crossed the peninsula by way of the lake on their journey to the Naknek region. A later spelling of Bocharov’s name became attached to the lake.