Description
Taiyasanka Harbor is located at head of Chilkoot Inlet, 1 mi. NW of Taiya Point and 12 mi. SW of Skagway, Coast Mts.
History
Tlingit Indian name reported by Aurel and Arthur Krause (1883, map) as Dejahssanke. It is published by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in the 1891 Coast Pilot (p. 203) as Taiya Sahnka.