2014 - Skagway - Alaska Cruise - Mtn Stream
While the ms Zaandam made its way up Taiya Inlet toward Skagway Alaska, the valley cliffs on either side were a myriad of streams like this one cascading down the rock face.
TIYA INLET:
Taiya Inlet is part of the upper Lynn Canal. The Inlet is an estuary which lies in a deep valley, with Skagway at its north end and the remainder of the Lynn Canal at its south end.
Taiya Inlet received its name in 1868. Taiya was derived from the Tlingit term tayee, which means beneath or underneath. It was also called Dayday Inlet and Dejah Inlet but the latter two names fell out of favor. Taiya Inlet was an important waterway during the Klondike Gold Rush offering passage to the deep-water port of Skagway and, by smaller boat (due to sediment from the Taiya River), the now-ghost town of Dyea. These two boom towns were gateways to the respective White Pass and Chilkoot trails.
2014 - Skagway - Alaska Cruise - Mtn Stream
While the ms Zaandam made its way up Taiya Inlet toward Skagway Alaska, the valley cliffs on either side were a myriad of streams like this one cascading down the rock face.
TIYA INLET:
Taiya Inlet is part of the upper Lynn Canal. The Inlet is an estuary which lies in a deep valley, with Skagway at its north end and the remainder of the Lynn Canal at its south end.
Taiya Inlet received its name in 1868. Taiya was derived from the Tlingit term tayee, which means beneath or underneath. It was also called Dayday Inlet and Dejah Inlet but the latter two names fell out of favor. Taiya Inlet was an important waterway during the Klondike Gold Rush offering passage to the deep-water port of Skagway and, by smaller boat (due to sediment from the Taiya River), the now-ghost town of Dyea. These two boom towns were gateways to the respective White Pass and Chilkoot trails.