Chilkoot (historical) is a populated place feature (populated place) in Haines Borough. The primary coordinates for Chilkoot (historical) places it within the AK 99827 ZIP Code delivery area.
Feature Name: | Chilkoot (historical) |
Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
Feature Type: | Populated Place |
Class: | Populated Place |
Description: | between Lutak Inlet and Chilkoot Lake, in course of Chilkoot River, 12 mi. SW of Skagway, Coast Mts. |
History: | "Former Tlingit village named for the Chilkoot Tribe that lived there. In the 1880 Census Ivan Petroff listed ""Chilcoot."" The population in 1890, including the mission, was 106. In 1881 the U.S. Navy recorded ""Chilcoot or Tananei."" Aurel and Arthur Krause (1883, map) spelled the name ""Tschilkut."" Reported as ""Tenany,"" an Indian fishing village, by C. M. Willard (1884, p. 140)." |
Borough: | Haines Borough |
Latitude: | 59.3330574036 |
Longitude: | -135.553329468 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Chilkoot (historical): Chilkoot (historical).
NOTE: This map shows the HISTORICAL LOCATION of a feature that is no longer visible!
Lutak, AK
(< 0.1 mile) Haines, AK (8.2 miles SSE) Skagway, AK (12.1 miles NE) |
Klukwan, AK
(12.7 miles WNW) Mud Bay, AK (13.5 miles SSE) Covenant Life, AK (17.6 miles WNW) |
Tanani, AK
(5.8 miles SE) Port Chilkoot, AK (8.3 miles SSE) Chilkat, AK (12.9 miles WNW) |
Wells, AK
(14.5 miles WNW) |