Walker Lake (Alaska)

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Walker Lake
Location	Alaska
Primary outflows	Kobuk River
Basin countries	United States

Walker Lake is the source of the Kobuk River in Northwest Alaska (emptying into Kotzebue Sound). Explored during an expedition lead by John C. Cantwell in 1885, under the authority of the Revenue Marine. Also known as "Big Fish Lake", Inupiaq legend in the area told of giant, ferocious fish that inhabited the waters. An attempt by a native with the Cantwell expedition to catch one of these giant fish involved a hook made of an entire set of reindeer antlers baited with a whole goose. Source: Sherwood, M. (1965). Exploration of Alaska: 1865-1900. New Haven and London: Yale University Press.