Alaska Gazetteer
Taiya River is a physical feature (stream) in Skagway Borough. The primary coordinates for Taiya River places it within the AK 99827 ZIP Code delivery area.
| Feature Name: | Taiya River |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Stream |
| Description: | heads at Chilkoot Pass, on the Alaska-Canada boundary, flows S to head of Taiya Inlet, 1 mi. N of Dyea Point, and 2 mi. NW of Skagway, Coast Mts. |
| History: | "Name derived from Taiya Inlet and published by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in the 1891 Coast Pilot (p. 203). This stream was the first part of the ""Dyea Trail"" from Dyea through Chilkoot Pass to the Klondike. See Dyea, locality." |
| Borough: | Skagway Borough |
| Latitude: | 59.4799995422 |
| Longitude: | -135.34777832 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Taiya River: Taiya River.
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Skagway, AK
(1.9 miles SE) Lutak, AK (12.3 miles SW) |
Haines, AK
(17.7 miles S) Klukwan, AK (19.6 miles WSW) |
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Tanani, AK
(14.9 miles SSW) Port Chilkoot, AK (17.7 miles S) |
