Pilot Station Community
Pilot Station is located on the northwest bank of the Yukon River, eleven miles east of St. Mary’s, and 26
miles west of Fortuna Ledge on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta. The village was first called “Ankachak”. Later,
the village moved .3 miles upriver to a site called “Potiliuk”.
R.H. Sergeant of the United States Geological Survey (USGS) noted on a field sheet that the village name
was Pilot Station in 1916. Local riverboat pilots who used Pilot Station as a checkpoint were
responsible for this name change.
Approximate population 585.
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