Taye Lake

Chänk’ǜa – Taye Lake

North end of Chänk’ǜa (Taye Lake)

Chänk’ǜa and a section of Nàmbǖr (Sifton Range)

South end of Chänk’ǜa (Taye Lake)

Southern Tutchone

Chänk’ǜa, ätl’a tän Shadhäla ts’än, Chu Yäna kwäts’ä̀n ni’a gà dadä̀tą.
Äyū kä̀nàch’i dän ädǟlät k’e tàłe ka nä̀nadä̀l.

English

Chänk’ǜa (Taye Lake) is on the old trail from Shadhäla (Champagne) to Hutshi. The Lake drains to Dǘ Chù (Mendenhall River), and it is the first of a series of lakes in the Hutshi valley. From Chänk’ǜa the trail leads to Män Däthäwa (Yellow Lake), Män Ts’ändü (Long Lake), Mürk’āy T’äwa (Gull Nest), and eventually to Chu Yäna Mǟn (Hutshi).

Native people used to spear pike fish at Chänk’ǜa in spring. From this lake the hunting trails led to Nambǖr and other mountains in the area.

Did you know?

Archaeologists have discovered that the ancestors of Southern Tutchone people established a village here over 4,500 years ago.