The Kougarok (Koo-gah-rok) River (Kuuguraq in Inupiaq, lit.

Formed by the merger of the two smaller streams Macklin Creek and Washington Creek, the main stem is about 45 miles (72 km) long, flowing generally south from near Taylor Airport.

[1] It flows into the Kuzitrin River, which flows west into the Imuruk Basin, connected to the bay of Port Clarence on the Bering Sea.

[3] The river drew gold miners in the early 1900s, though development slowed after World War II.

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