Kah Shakes
A historical populated place in Ketchikan Gateway 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
on shore of Kah Shakes Cove, near entrance to Boca de Quadra, Coast Mts.
GNIS historical note
Former Tlingit Indian village named for Kah Shakes, the chief of the village; published "Kah Shakes Cove," in the 1890 Census (p. 25). In the 1880 Census Petroff (1884, p. 32) reported "Kashs Village," population 49, located here, and "Shakes Village," population 38, on nearby Etolin Island. See Shakes Village.
Also recorded as
- Kah Shakes Cove
- Kashs Village
Source editions and recorded citations
Feature ID 1894991. 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.