Igiugig

Igiugig stands where the Kvichak River flows out of Lake Iliamna in southwestern Alaska. Its Yup'ik name evokes a throat swallowing water, an image of the river drawing water from the lake. Kiatagmuit people from Kaskanak, farther down the Kvichak, used Igiugig as a summer fishing camp. The river carries the lake's waters westward toward Bristol Bay, along a route followed by returning salmon.