Chalkyitsik, AK

Chalkyitsik is a remote census-designated place on the left bank of the Black River in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area of Alaska. With a population of 80, the community has a name derived from a Gwich'in phrase meaning to fish with a hook at the mouth of the creek. Located about 45 miles northeast of Fort Yukon, local education is administered by the Yukon...