Auke
A historical populated place in Juneau County, Alaska, recorded by the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System.
Location Record
Names and historical notes
Recorded by GNIS. Source wording is retained; these notes have not been independently verified by Forgotten America.
GNIS description
just E of Point Louisa adjacent to Glacier Bay Highway and 13 mi. NW of Juneau, Coast Mts.
GNIS historical note
Former Tlingit Indian village of the Auk tribe. The name "Ak an" means "lake town" according to J. R. Swanton in 1904. The name "Anchguhlsu (or Antcgaltsu)" is reported by Swanton to mean "town they abandoned," a name obviously applied after abandonment about 1902.
Also recorded as
- Akan
- Anchguhisu
- Antcgaltsu
- Aukan
- Old Auk Village
Source editions and recorded citations
Feature ID 1893414. Description/History extract: August 28, 2026. All Names extract: September 30, 2026. Retrieved October 22, 2026. Only populated fields are displayed.
GNIS citation text may identify a source series rather than a specific page. It is reproduced below without implying that its underlying documents were inspected.
- Text Orth, Donald J. Dictionary of Alaska Place Names. Washington, DC: GPO, 1967. This work is an alphabetical list of the geographic names generally including feature descriptions and often name origin information that are now applied and have been applied to places and features in Alaska. GNIS Library.
Source: U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), Historical Features.