Information About

Auke

Quick Facts

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Location

58 ° 22' 30" N,
134 ° 43' 30" W

Region

Juneau

Nearest City

Juneau

Auke in Detail.

About

just E of Point Louisa adjacent to Glacier Bay Highway and 13 mi. NW of Juneau, Coast Mts.

History

Former Tlingit Indian village of the Auk tribe. The name "Ak an" means "lake town" according to J. R. Swanton in 1904. The name "Anchguhlsu (or Antcgaltsu)" is reported by Swanton to mean "town they abandoned," a name obviously applied after abandonment about 1902.

Places Near Auke
Cities:

Auke, Fish Creek,

Archipelagos:

Barlow Islands,

Bars:

Battleship Reef, Cohen Reef, Dornin Rock, Eagle Reef, Faust Rock, Favorite Reef, George Rock, Gibby Rock, Horse Shoal, Mendenhall Bar, Poundstone Rock,

Basins:

Lower Basin, Yankee Basin,

Bays:

Adams Anchorage, Admiralty Cove, Amalga Harbor, Auke Bay, Auke Nu Cove, Barlow Cove, Coot Cove, Crab Cove, Curlew Ledge, Eagle Harbor, Fritz Cove, Funter Bay, Halibut Cove, Hand Trollers Cove, Huffman Harbor, Indian Cove, Lena Cove, Pearl Harbor, Shelter Cove, Smugglers Cove, Tee Harbor, Yankee Cove, Young Bay,

Beaches:

The Sand Beach, Eagle Beach, Young Beach,

Capes:

Auke Cape, Barlow Point, Clear Point, Entrance Point, False Arden, Hut Point, Indian Point, Inner Point, Inspiration Point, Point Lena, Point Louisa, Mansfield Peninsula, Mendenhall Peninsula, Middle Point, Outer Point, Piling Point, Spaulding Point, Spuhn Point, Point Stephens, Sunny Point, Symonds Point, Point Young,

Channels:

Favorite Channel, North Pass, Saginaw Channel,

Cliffs:

The Breadline,

Dams:

Nugget Creek Dam,

Glaciers:

Herbert Glacier, Mendenhall Glacier,

Hills:

Pederson Hill, Tolch Rock,

Islands:

Aaron Island, Bare Island, Barlow Island, Battleship Island, Benjamin Island, Bird Island, Coghlan Island, Cohen Island, Colt Island, Gauge Island, Gull Island, Horse Island, Indian Island, Kishbrock Island, The Kittens, Ledge Island, North Island, Portland Island, Rat Island, Scull Island, Sentinel Island, Shaman Island, Shelter Island, Spuhn Island, Star Rock, Station Island, Strauss Rock, Suedla Island,

Lakes:

Auke Lake, Cropley Lake, Dredge Lake, Mendenhall Lake, Nugget Creek, Peterson Lake, Salt Lake, Shelter Lake, Windfall Lake,

Mine:

Admiralty Mine, Alaska Dano Mine, Alaska Empire Mine, Bessie Mine, Eagle River Mine, Lower Montana Creek Mine, Peterson Mine, Windfall Creek Mine,

Mountains:

Mount Anderson, Auke Mountain, Mount Ben Stewart, Mount Ernest Gruening, Green Mountain, Lone Mountain, McGinnis Mountain, Mount Meek, Mount Robert Barron, Saddle Mountain, Snowy Mountain, Stroller White Mountain, Thane Mountain, Thunder Mountain, Treasury Hill, Triangle Peak,

Parks:

Auke Recreation Area, Funter Bay State Marine Park, Shelter Island State Marine Park,

Rivers:

Eagle River, Herbert River, Mendenhall River,

Streams:

Admiralty Creek, Arastra Creek, Auke Creek, Auke Nu Creek, Bay Creek, Bear Creek, Bessie Creek, Boulder Creek, Cove Creek, Duck Creek, Elevenmile Creek, Fish Creek, Fowler Creek, Goose Creek, Hendrickson Creek, Johnson Creek, Jordan Creek, Lake Creek, Lena Creek, McGinnis Creek, Montana Creek, Ninemile Creek, Nugget Creek, Peterson Creek, Peterson Creek, Shrine Creek, Slate Creek, Steep Creek, Tee Creek, Tenk Creek, Tusta Creek, Waydelich Creek, Windfall Creek,

Routes:

Amalga Trail, Bear Creek Trail, Herbert Glacier Trail, Mount McGinnis Trail, Montana Creek Trail, Peterson Creek Trail, Rainforest Trail, Spaulding Trail, West Glacier Trail, Windfall Lake Trail, Yankee Basin Trail, Young Lake Trail,

Valleys:

Mendenhall Valley, Prairie Basin,

Cities:

Auke Bay, Dobson Landing, Fairhaven, Funter, Lena Beach, Mendenhall Valley, Mendenhaven, Saint Terese, Tee Harbor,