Bonanza River (alternates, Ki-ul-uk, Bonanza California, Bonanza Cal) ( Inupiaq: Kiwaliq) is a waterway on the Seward Peninsula in the U.S. state of Alaska. The headwaters lie close to Venetia Creek and the Koksuktapaga River. [1] It flows southeast for 25 miles (40 km) before reaching Safety Sound, as do the Flambeau and Eldorado Rivers, [2] and then through Safety Inlet to Norton Sound. The village of Solomon is approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) away. [3] Across the divide of West Creek, in the Bonanza River drainage, and lying above the West Creek schists, is a series of green chloride schists and sills of greenstone; these chloritic schists are the prevailing rocks of the divide between Eldorado and Bonanza rivers. In its general character, it is similar to the Eldorado River. [1] Also called Bonanza Cal, later maps indicate California Creek to be a principal tributary of Bonanza River. According to Alfred Hulse Brooks, the Eskimo name is Ki-ul-uk. [4]
References
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the
public domain: U.S. Geological Survey's "Reconnaissances in the Cape Nome and Norton Bay regions, Alaska, in 1900" (1901)- This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the
public domain: M. Baker's "Geographic dictionary of Alaska" (1906)
- ^ a b Geological Survey (U.S.); Alfred Hulse Brooks; Arthur James Collier; Walter Curran Mendenhall; George Burr Richardson (1901). Reconnaissances in the Cape Nome and Norton Bay regions, Alaska, in 1900. Govt. Print. Off. pp. 98–. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
- ^ Bockstoce, John R. (1979). The archaeology of Cape Nome, Alaska. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology. pp. 9–. ISBN 978-0-934718-27-1. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
- ^ Geological Survey Professional Paper. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1967. pp. 152–. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
- ^ Baker, Marcus (1906). Geographic dictionary of Alaska (Public domain ed.). Government Printing Office. pp. 143–. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
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