Alaska Gazetteer
Taku Harbor is a physical feature (bay) in Juneau Borough. The primary coordinates for Taku Harbor places it within the AK 99824 ZIP Code delivery area.
| Feature Name: | Taku Harbor |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Bay |
| Description: | on E shore of Stephens Passage, 2.4 mi. NW of Limestone Inlet and 22 mi. SE of Juneau, Coast Mts. |
| History: | "Named after the Taku division of the Tlingit Indians living in the vicinity, and first applied to the cove in 1848 by Captain Lieutenant M. N. Vasilief, Imperial Russian Navy (IRN). This harbor was, through a treaty with the Russians, the site of a former Hudson's Bay Company trading post, which was established in 1840 (1883 Coast Pilot, &. 169). It was called ""Tacou"" and ""Takou"" by Commander R. W. Meade, U.S. Navy (USN), in 1868 and ""Taco"" by Sir George Simpson in 1841." |
| Borough: | Juneau Borough |
| Latitude: | 58.0666656494 |
| Longitude: | -134.019165039 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Taku Harbor: Taku Harbor.
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 Taku Harbor does not include property ownership information.
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Taku Harbor, AK
(< 0.1 mile) Thane, AK (17.7 miles NW) |
Douglas, AK
(19.9 miles NW) |
