Cook Inlet · AK
Tyonek
A Dena'ina village on the west side of Cook Inlet.
- Population
- 152 (2020 census)
- Cook's visit
- 1778
Then
- 1778
James Cook notes a Dena'ina village here.
- Late 1830s
Smallpox kills about half the people.
- 1880s
Tyonek booms as a port during the Resurrection Creek gold rush.
- Early 1930s
Flooding pushes the village to higher ground seven miles away.
Now
The Dena'ina name for the village means "little place between toes." This place covers the North Foreland, Kalgin Island and Drift River.
3 tide stations around Tyonek
- North Foreland1.9 mi
- Kalgin Island (north end), Cook Inlet47.3 mi
- Drift River Terminal48.8 mi