Taku River
| Feature Type: | River - Watercourse of variable size, which has tributaries and flows into a body of water or a larger watercourse. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Flows SW across BC-Alaska boundary into Taku Inlet, S of Atlin Lake, Cassiar Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 58°34'54"N, 133°39'34"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 104K/12 |
| Related Maps: |
104K/11 104K/12 104K/14 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Taku River adopted 4 April 1933 (Ottawa file OBF 1424). Re-approved 6 May 1947 on 104/NW, also 8 July 1954 on 104N. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Meaning: Saumon (Salmon); Taku subdivision of the Tlingit family. ("Les noms indiens de mon pays," by Fr. Etienne Guinard; Montreal, 1959; p.167.) Source: included with note |