Description
Deshu Isthmus is located at neck of Chilkat Peninsula S of Haines, on Portage Cove, 17 mi. SW of Skagway, Coast Mts.
History
Tlingit Indian name meaning "trail end" reported in 1922 by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS). Aurel and Arthur Krause (1883, map) spelled the name "Daschu."