Taku River/T'aḵú Téiú' Conservancy is a conservancy located in the Stikine Region of British Columbia, Canada. It was established on June 22, 2012, as a result of the Wóoshtin Wudidaa Atlin Taku Land Use Plan and Taku River Tlingit First Nation Strategic Engagement Agreement. The conservancy protects a large region of pristine wilderness along the Taku River from its confluence with the Nakina and Inklin Rivers to the Canada–United States border] with Alaska.[2]
Name origin
The Tlingit name T'aḵú Téiú' means “Heart of the Taku”.[2]
Geography
Taku River Conservancy covers 80,465 ha (198,830 acres) of pristine wilderness along the entire length of the Taku River Valley, excluding a large area around the unincorporated locality of Tulsequah. The conservancy borders the Nakina – Inklin Rivers/Yáwu Yaa Conservancy to the northeast and Tongass National Forest of Alaska to the southwest.
Bishop Falls, one of the highest waterfalls in Canada, is a prominent feature along the southeastern sloep valley.[3]
The conservancy also protects King Salmon Lake, a small lake located at the headwaters of King Salmon Creek.[4] The creek the longest tributary of the Taku River protected by the conservancy.
See also
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