Klukwan

History

Klukwan began as a Chilkat Tlingit village along the trade route later known as the Dalton Trail. In 1880, the U.S. Navy reported the name of the village as "Chilcat of Klukquan". The name is in Tlingit, meaning roughly "forever village" due to its antiquity. Klukwan is the only remaining of five Chilkat villages that were in the area before 1900.

Geography

Klukwan is located at (59.400098, -135.893393). It is northwest of Haines, on the north side of the Chilkat River near the Haines Highway. It is bordered to the west by the Covenant Life CDP. According to the United States Census Bureau, the Klukwan CDP has a total area of , of which are land and , or 26.55%, are water. Klukwan is an enclave of Haines Borough, Alaska. Although Klukwan is located in the Hoonah-Angoon Census Area of the Unorganized Borough, it is entirely surrounded by territory of Haines Borough, and therefore cut off from the rest of the Census Area.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• Bald Eagle

  Haliaeetus leucocephalus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  400
• Common Merganser

  Mergus merganser Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  220
• American Robin

  Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
  172
• Common Raven

  Corvus corax Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  167
• American Crow

  Corvus brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1822 · Aves
  132
• Glaucous-winged Gull

  Larus glaucescens J.F.Naumann, 1840 · Aves
  131
• Chestnut-backed Chickadee

  Poecile rufescens (J.K.Townsend, 1837) · Aves
  113
• Wilson's Warbler

  Cardellina pusilla (A.Wilson, 1811) · Aves
  113

Largest nearby schools

• Klukwan School
  Other · Klukwan · 5 students

Most recent

• M 3.3 — 2026-08-29
  78 km SW of Covenant Life, Alaska
• M 3.1 — 2026-08-20
  48 km SSW of Covenant Life, Alaska
• M 2.8 — 2026-08-20
  48 km SSW of Covenant Life, Alaska
• M 2.7 — 2026-06-24
  33 km WSW of Mosquito Lake, Alaska
• M 2.6 — 2026-06-14
  78 km WSW of Covenant Life, Alaska
• M 3 — 2026-05-24
  32 km SSW of Covenant Life, Alaska