Dominated by the
Ahklun Mountains in the north and the cold waters of
Bristol Bay to the south,
Togiak National Wildlife Refuge confronts the traveler with a kaleidoscope of landscapes. The natural forces that have shaped this land range from the violent and powerful to the geologically patient.
Earthquakes and
volcanoes filled the former role, and their marks can still be found, but it was the gradual advance and retreat of
glacial ice that carved many of the physical features of this refuge.