Sheshalik, Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska, United States
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- Sheshalik
- Unincorporated Populated Place
- on Sheshalik Spit, 9 mi. NW of Kotzebue, KotzebueKobuk Low.
- Former Eskimo village and summer camp, famous as a trading area for Eskimo and Indian, recorded as "Sesualik," in Captain F. W. Beechey's chart, dated 1831. In the 1880 Census, Petroff (1884, p. 4) listed "Sheshalegamute," population 100. Captain Hooper (1881, p. 44) published "She-shore-lik," and Lieutenant G. M. Stoney's manuscript map, dated 1883, shows "She-sur-are-lick."
- 66.994166766° 59' 39.0"N-162.8280556162° 49' 41.0"W
- Kotzebue 9.1 mi. SE
- 3 m
- 142244438
- Updated Apr 24, 2020