Kalwatta
A historical populated place in Haines 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
site of an Indian village, on Haines Highway, 5 mi. SE of Wells and 20 mi. SW of Skageway, Coast Mts.
GNIS historical note
Name of an Indian village reported as "Katkwaltn" by USC&GS in 1898. According to E.illage "was abandoned over 60 years ago after being inundated during a flood." Robertson reported the full native name as "Kahtkwaltoo,", which means "armour of wooden sticks", referring to the armour worn by a Kulkwan chief.
Also recorded as
- Kahtkwaltoo
- Katkwaahltu
- Katkwaltn
- Katkwaltu
- Katkwaltv
- Katwaltu
- Kutkwutlu
- Qatqlwa'altu
Source editions and recorded citations
Feature ID 1895024. 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 Krause, Aurel and Arthur Krause To the Chukchi Peninsula and to the Tlingit Indians, 1881/1882. 1993-12-31 00:00:00
- 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.