History of Taku Harbor

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.

Found on the following Topo Maps

Places Near Taku Harbor

Sikanasankian,

Cherokee Flats,

Doty Cove, Fool Inlet, Limestone Inlet, Slocum Inlet, Suicide Cove, Taku Harbor, Winning Cove,

Point Anmer, Arden Point, Bishop Point, Circle Point, Cooper Point, Cove Point, False Arden, Grave Point, Greely Point, Jaw Point, Point Salisbury, Station Point, Stockade Point, Point Styleman, Twin Point,

Taku Cannery Dam,

Bug Island, Grand Island, Mist Island, South Island,

Bart Lake, Lake Dorothy, Lieuy Lake, Taku Lake,

Arthur Peak, Butler Peak, Everett Peak, Fillmore Peak, Irving Peak, Limestone Bluffs, Morse Peak, North Rhine Peak, Randolph Peak, South Rhine Peak, Steeple Peak, Taku Mountain, Webster Peak, Williams Mountain,

Taku Harbor State Marine Park,

Hawthorne Ridge,

Whiting River,

Anmer Creek, Dorothy Creek, Grindstone Creek, Limestone Creek, Mist Creek, Prospect Creek, Rhine Creek,

Goldstein Gulch, Marmot Valley,

Taku Harbor,