Historical Photo: Waterfront Tlingit community

Posted: October 4, 2012 - 12:06am

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This is a view of Taku village, which was located just southeast of Juneau on the mainland. The photo shows Native dwellings, including tents, plank buildings and log buildings, as well as canoes and people on beach. (Information courtesy of Jim Geraghty.) Alaska State Library - Historical Collections ASL-P427-10 William A. Kelly. Photographs, ca. 1885-1904. ASL-PCA-427

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Tenacious 10/04/12 - 05:41 pm

Taku Village at Juneau

This village started just south of Carroll's Wharf, remembered today as Carroll Way, the staircase up from Franklin Street. The Taku Village was very often the first place visited by tourists as it was so near the wharf.