Taku

From Dominion of British Columbia
Taku
Hamlet of Taku
Coordinates 59°38′00″N 133°51′00″W
Country British Columbia
District Áa Tlein Ḵwáan IAD
Population
601
Postal code area A
Postal code district A6

Taku is a hamlet in northwestern British Columbia, within the Áa Tlein Ḵwáan Indigenous Administrative District.

It is located on the eastern shore of Taku Arm on Tagish Lake.

Commerce

Transportation

Rail

Tramway Road was mostly built along the route of a former Atlin Short Line Railway & Navigation Company railway line that connected Taku to Scotia Bay, to allow steamboat passengers from Tagish, Yukon, Canada to connect to the Atlin Lake steamboat service to Atlin.

Road

Taku is the northern terminus of Tramway Road to Scotia Bay, from where a ferry can be taken to Atlin. Atlin Transit's bus route 91 connects Taku to Scotia Bay.