Taku Harbor (
Lingít: ''S'iknáx̱ Saankʼi'') (also spelled Taco, Tacou, or Takou) is a small, remote bay located on the eastern shore of
Stephens Passage about southeast of central
Juneau,
Alaska,
United States.
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Taku Harbor is named after the Taku people; this name was applied as early as 1848 by Captain Lieutenant M. N. Vasilief of the Imperial Russian Navy.[USGS GNIS Feature Detail Report: Fort Durham](_blank)
/ref>[Olson, Wallace M. ''A History of Fort Durham''. 1994.]
On the eastern shore Taku Harbor is the community of Taku Harbor (alternatively spelled Tako, Takoo, or Takou and formerly known as Takokakaan or the Taku-kon Villages). This has comprised up to four Tlingit villages or camps. A census taken in 1880 provided a population count of 269.[USGS GNIS Feature Detail Report: Taku Harbor (populated place)](_blank)
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The San Juan Fishing & Packing Company established a salmon cannery and cold-storage plant at Taku Harbor in 1901. It was the only such plant to operate in Alaska until 1909.[Cobb, John N. ''Pacific Salmon Fisheries''. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1921.]
See also
* Taku Harbor Seaplane Base
Taku may refer to:
Places North America
* the Taku River, in Alaska and British Columbia
** Fort Taku, also known as Fort Durham and as Taku, a former fort of the Hudson's Bay Company near the mouth of the Taku River
** the Taku Glacier, in Ala ...
* Taku Harbor State Marine Park
Taku may refer to:
Places North America
* the Taku River, in Alaska and British Columbia
** Fort Taku, also known as Fort Durham and as Taku, a former fort of the Hudson's Bay Company near the mouth of the Taku River
** the Taku Glacier, in Ala ...
References
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Tides and Currents for Taku Harbor
Geography of Juneau, Alaska
Populated coastal places in Alaska on the Pacific Ocean
Populated places in Juneau, Alaska
Ports and harbors of Alaska
Road-inaccessible communities of Alaska
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