Beaver
A historical populated place in Aleutians West (CA) County, Alaska, recorded by the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System.
Location Record
Names and historical notes
Recorded by GNIS. Source wording is retained; these notes have not been independently verified by Forgotten America.
GNIS description
site of Eskimo village on NE coast of Unalaska I., near N entrance of Beaver Bay; Aleutian Islands.
GNIS historical note
Published as "Sel(o) Bobrova" or "sea otter village," by Lieutenant Sarichev (1826, map 14), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN). Father Veniaminov (1840 v. 1, p. 185) called it "Uguyug." Baker (1906, p. 124) wrote, "In about 1830 it (Beaver) consisted of 4 huts (yurts) and 41 people. Its native name is Uguiug."
Also recorded as
- Selo Bobrova
- Selo Bobrovo
- Uguiug
- Uguyug
Source editions and recorded citations
Feature ID 1893560. Description/History extract: August 28, 2026. All Names extract: September 30, 2026. Retrieved October 22, 2026. Only populated fields are displayed.
GNIS citation text may identify a source series rather than a specific page. It is reproduced below without implying that its underlying documents were inspected.
- Text Orth, Donald J. Dictionary of Alaska Place Names. Washington, DC: GPO, 1967. This work is an alphabetical list of the geographic names generally including feature descriptions and often name origin information that are now applied and have been applied to places and features in Alaska. GNIS Library.
Source: U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), Historical Features.