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Upper Kalskag
 Upper
Kalskag is located on the north bank of the Kuskokwim River, 2 miles
upriver from Lower Kalskag. It lies 28 miles west of Aniak, 68 miles
northeast of Bethel and 348 miles west of Anchorage. It lies at
approximately 61° 32' N Latitude, 160° 20' W Longitude (Sec. 27, T017N,
R061W, Seward Meridian). The community is located in the Kuskokwim
Recording District. The area encompasses 4 sq. miles of land and 0 sq.
miles of water.
The original residents were from
Kaltkhagamute, located on a slough four miles to the southwest. At the
turn of the century, they moved to the present village site. George
Morgan, a German immigrant who founded Georgetown, established a general
store in Upper Kalskag and became its first postmaster in 1932. A
government school was built in 1931. At this time, the community owned a
herd of 2,100 reindeer. Over the years, residents of Crow Village,
Russian Mission and Paimute moved to Upper Kalskag. The Russian Orthodox
practitioners in the village relocated to establish Lower Kalskag in
1940. The villagers who remained were primarily Roman Catholic
practitioners.
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