Gulf of Alaska · AK
Yakutat
"Where canoes rest," by North America's biggest tidewater glacier.
- Population
- 662 (2020 census)
- Russian fort
- About 1795
- Precipitation
- About 140 inches a year
Then
- About 1795
A Russian fur company builds a fort among the Tlingit. Warriors destroy it in 1805.
- 1886
Prospectors mine the black sand beaches for gold.
- About 1903
A cannery, sawmill and railroad are built. The cannery runs until 1970.
Now
Fishing leads the economy, and Hubbard Glacier is nearby. This place covers Yakutat Bay and Russell Fiord, plus Lituya Bay to the south and Icy Bay to the west.
9 tide stations around Yakutat
- Yakutat, Yakutat Bayin town
- Johnstone Passage, Yakutat Bay2.6 mi
- Redfield Cove, Yakutat Bay6.8 mi
- Point Latouche, Yakutat Bay24.9 mi
- Russell Fiord29.3 mi
- Moraine Bay, Icy Bay62.8 mi
- Icy Bay64.6 mi
- Tyndall Glacier, Icy Bay65.1 mi
- Lituya Bay, 2 miles inside entrance97.8 mi