Taku Inlet
Taku Inlet is an inlet located in the U.S. state of Alaska. It extends {{convert|18|miles}} in a northeast direction from Stephens Passage in the Alexander Archipelago, about {{convert|12|km}} southeast of Juneau, widening to a basin where discharge from the Taku River and Taku Glacier emerges.{{cite book|last=Scidmore|first=Eliza Ruhamah|title=Appletons' Guide-book to Alaska and the Northwest Coast: Including the Shores of Washington, British Columbia, Southeastern Alaska, the Aleutian and the Seal Islands, the Bering and the Arctic Coasts|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nI0tAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA80|accessdate=11 January 2013|edition=Public domain|year=1896|publisher=D. Appleton|pages=80–}}
Geography
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Taku Inlet is suitable for use only for shallow draft river boats, as it is shallow in depth and is a “cul-de-sac”. Taku Glacier is located at the head of this inlet. Since 1890, the glacier had moved by some {{convert|3|miles}} into the Taku Inlet. As a result of the rapid movement of the glacier, silting has occurred at the head of the inlet. However, a clear channel exists between Taku Point and the Norris Glacier moraine, {{convert|1.25|miles}} wide, with a depth of above 10 fathoms. A complete preliminary navigational chart, to a scale of 1:10,000, has been prepared by field surveys, to facilitate interested navigators to operate ships to view the glaciers.{{Cite web|url=http://www.history.noaa.gov/stories_tales/taku.html|title=The Resurvey of Taku Inlet|work= U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey |author= George E. Morris Jr.|accessdate=13 January 2013|publisher=National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), NOAA Central Library}} Scow Cove, Sunny Cove, Annex Peak, and Annex Lakes are some of its geographical features on its western side. On the eastern side of the inlet is Turner Lake, Bart Lake and Lake Dorothy.{{citation needed|date = February 2013}}
Norris, Taku, Hole-in–the-Wall, Twin and Tulsequah glaciers emerge out on the southeastern side and flow into the trench of the Taku Inlet and Taku River.{{cite journal|last=Muntz|first=Alfred Philip|date=1955|title=Recent Glacier Activity in the Taku Inlet Area, South Eastern Alaska|journal=Arctic |volume=8|issue=2|url=https://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic8-2-83.pdf|pages=83–95}} Two ice-streams join here to form a fan slope, ending in a terminal moraine. The sandy level of the moraine is cut by several watercourses; crimson epilobium blanket the beds of moraine.
=Climate=
Annex Creek is a weather station on the western shore of Taku Inlet, below Annex Lakes.{{cite web|url = https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cdo-web/datasets/GHCND/stations/GHCND:USC00500363/detail |publisher = NOAA |title = Station Details - ANNEX CREEK, AK US|access-date = February 10, 2024}}
{{Weather box
|single line = yes
|location = Annex Creek, Alaska, 1991-2020 normals, 1917-2023 extremes: 92ft (28m)
|Jan record high F = 55
|Feb record high F = 58
|Mar record high F = 58
|Apr record high F = 73
|May record high F = 76
|Jun record high F = 84
|Jul record high F = 83
|Aug record high F = 82
|Sep record high F = 74
|Oct record high F = 64
|Nov record high F = 60
|Dec record high F = 54
|year record high F =
|Jan avg record high F = 43.1
|Feb avg record high F = 43.2
|Mar avg record high F = 46.5
|Apr avg record high F = 58.2
|May avg record high F = 67.0
|Jun avg record high F = 70.1
|Jul avg record high F = 70.2
|Aug avg record high F = 71.1
|Sep avg record high F = 64.0
|Oct avg record high F = 55.3
|Nov avg record high F = 46.1
|Dec avg record high F = 43.0
|year avg record high F = 74.5
|Jan high F = 28.8
|Feb high F = 32.3
|Mar high F = 36.9
|Apr high F = 46.0
|May high F = 54.4
|Jun high F = 59.2
|Jul high F = 58.9
|Aug high F = 58.7
|Sep high F = 53.3
|Oct high F = 45.2
|Nov high F = 35.1
|Dec high F = 29.3
|year high F =
|Jan mean F = 24.2
|Feb mean F = 27.6
|Mar mean F = 31.8
|Apr mean F = 39.5
|May mean F = 46.8
|Jun mean F = 52.0
|Jul mean F = 52.6
|Aug mean F = 52.0
|Sep mean F = 48.1
|Oct mean F = 40.9
|Nov mean F = 31.4
|Dec mean F = 25.6
|year mean F =
|Jan low F = 19.5
|Feb low F = 22.9
|Mar low F = 26.7
|Apr low F = 32.9
|May low F = 39.2
|Jun low F = 44.8
|Jul low F = 46.3
|Aug low F = 45.4
|Sep low F = 42.8
|Oct low F = 36.6
|Nov low F = 27.7
|Dec low F = 21.9
|year low F =
|Jan avg record low F = 3.8
|Feb avg record low F = 7.8
|Mar avg record low F = 14.7
|Apr avg record low F = 24.9
|May avg record low F = 33.2
|Jun avg record low F = 39.6
|Jul avg record low F = 42.3
|Aug avg record low F = 41.2
|Sep avg record low F = 36.1
|Oct avg record low F = 28.7
|Nov avg record low F = 15.4
|Dec avg record low F = 7.6
|year avg record low F = -0.3
|Jan record low F = −14
|Feb record low F = −18
|Mar record low F = −5
|Apr record low F = 12
|May record low F = 25
|Jun record low F = 28
|Jul record low F = 29
|Aug record low F = 28
|Sep record low F = 23
|Oct record low F = 9
|Nov record low F = −10
|Dec record low F = −16
|year record low F =
|precipitation colour= green
|Jan precipitation inch = 11.80
|Feb precipitation inch = 8.00
|Mar precipitation inch = 7.48
|Apr precipitation inch = 4.54
|May precipitation inch = 5.43
|Jun precipitation inch = 4.47
|Jul precipitation inch = 5.93
|Aug precipitation inch = 9.89
|Sep precipitation inch = 18.09
|Oct precipitation inch = 18.48
|Nov precipitation inch = 12.25
|Dec precipitation inch = 10.51
|year precipitation inch =
|Jan snow inch = 60.8
|Feb snow inch = 42.0
|Mar snow inch = 33.8
|Apr snow inch = 4.2
|May snow inch = 0.0
|Jun snow inch = 0.0
|Jul snow inch = 0.0
|Aug snow inch = 0.0
|Sep snow inch = 0.0
|Oct snow inch = 3.9
|Nov snow inch = 34.4
|Dec snow inch = 49.5
|year snow inch =
|source 1 = NOAA(1981-2010 precipitation)
{{cite web
|url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&startDate=0001-01-01&endDate=9996-12-31&stations=USC00500363&format=pdf
|title = Annex Creek, Alaska 1991-2020 Monthly Normals
|access-date = February 10, 2024
}}
{{cite web
|url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly&startDate=0001-01-01&endDate=9996-12-31&stations=USC00500363&format=pdf
|title = Annex Creek, Alaska 1981-2010 Monthly Normals
|access-date = February 10, 2024
}}
|source 2 = XMACIS2 (records, 2003-2023 monthly max/mins & snowfall)
{{cite web
|url = https://xmacis.rcc-acis.org/
|publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
|title = xmACIS
|access-date = February 10, 2024
}}
}}
Fauna
File:Tlingit hair seal hunters, Taku Inlet, Alaska, May 21, 1911 (COBB 135).jpeg hair seal hunters at Taku Inlet, May 1911]]
Many bears, wolves, and killer whales are found in the area. Halibut and crabs are commercially harvested in Taku Inlet.
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