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.