Klinkwan, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, United States
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- Klinkwan
- Unincorporated Populated Place
- Near E entrance to Klakas Inlet, on the SW part of Prince of Wales Island, Alex. Arch.
- Tlingit Indian name recorded in 1897 by Lieutenant Commander J. F. Moser, U.S. Navy (USN). A 1951 U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) map shows one building at the site of this abandoned village. According to J. R. Swanton (in Hodge, 1907, p. 714), Bureau of American Ethnology (BAE), "Klinkwan" is derived from the Tlingit "linqoan" meaning "shellfish town" or "town where they split yellow cedar bark into long strings." This is a "Haida town, occupied by the Yaku-lanas * * *" (Hodge, 1907, p. 714).
- 54.890277854° 53' 25.0"N-132.3641667132° 21' 51.0"W
- Long Island 12.6 mi. W
- (none listed within 15 mi.)
- 29 m
- 234811263
- Updated Apr 19, 2020