Settling into Beaver
Beaver was founded in 1910, by Frank Yasuda, a japanese explorer who arrived on a whaling ship in Barrow, Alaska. With Eskimo guides, Frank Yasuda walked through the Brooks Range to the mighty Yukon River and settled the village of Beaver, Alaska. Beaver is comprised of people of Japanese, Eskimo, Gwich’in Athabascan, and Koyukon Athabascan descent. Beaver is located on the north bank of the Yukon River, approximately 60 miles southwest of Fort Yukon and 110 miles north of Fairbanks. It lies in the heart of the Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge.
