Kwigilingoq

Kwigilingoq lies on the low northern shore of Kuskokwim Bay, where a small river runs into the Bering Sea. Lakes and ponds dot the poorly drained tundra, and fine silt and clay underlie the coastal plain. The Yup’ik people of this shore belong to the Caninermiut, whose country extends among the waterways between the Kuskokwim and the coast near Kipnuk. Nets have long been used in the region to catch fish, and later also birds and mammals.