Ugashik Lake

The Ugashik Lakes lie on the Alaska Peninsula, linked by a narrow waterway and drained westward by the Ugashik River. Their waters provide spawning grounds for salmon returning from Bristol Bay. Archaeological traces near the lakes show that people lived in this region long before Russian traders reached Alaska. A powerful eruption of Aniakchak volcano, to the south, scattered ash across the peninsula and interrupted the record of habitation around the lakes.