Chilkat Lake is a physical feature (lake) in Haines Borough. The primary coordinates for Chilkat Lake places it within the AK 99827 ZIP Code delivery area.
Feature Name: | Chilkat Lake |
Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
Feature Type: | Physical |
Class: | Lake |
Description: | trends NW, SW of Klukwan and 23 mi. SW of Skagway, St. Elias Mts. 6 miles long. |
History: | "Named for the Chilkat tribe of Tlingit Indians by the U.S. Navy in 1880. The name was published by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in the 1883 Coast Pilot (p. 198). It was called ""Tschilkat S(ee),"" of ""Tschilkat Lake,"" by Aurel and Arthur Krause (1883, map)." |
Borough: | Haines Borough |
Latitude: | 59.3319282532 |
Longitude: | -135.897583008 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Chilkat Lake: Chilkat Lake.
Note that you do not have the right to enter private property without the owner's permission. You do have a right to access goverment property that is open to the general public. The GNIS Feature Detail Report for Chilkat Lake does not include property ownership information.
Klukwan, AK
(4.9 miles N) Covenant Life, AK (7.4 miles NW) Lutak, AK (11.7 miles E) |
Mosquito Lake, AK
(15.2 miles NNW) Haines, AK (17.5 miles ESE) |
Chilkat, AK
(4.7 miles N) Wells, AK (6 miles NNW) Tanani, AK (16.6 miles ESE) |
Port Chilkoot, AK
(17.7 miles ESE) |