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Metlakatla comes from Maxłaxaała, a Tsimshian word meaning "saltwater passage where the wind dies down." Metlakatla was named after another village of the same name ("Old Metlakatla") in British Columbia, which is on Metlakatla Pass, near Prince Rupert. In a more ancient time, it was a Tlingit hunting ground known as Taquan, or Tàakw.àani.
Annette Island is located west across the Revillagigedo Channel from the Alaska mainland and south of Revillagigedo Island. The Island was named in 1879 by William Healey Dall, an American naturalist and explorer in Alaska, in honor of his wife Annette Whitney Dall. [1] The meaning of the Tlingit name for the island is Winter Town.
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English: Metlakatla Christian Mission church, Metlakatla, Alaska, n.d. Description English: On verso of image: Native [illeg] church, Metlakahtla, Alaska, erected by Father Duncan's Indians Founded by the Scottish missionary Father William Duncan
The Father William Duncan House, also known as the Father Duncan Cottage and now hosting the Duncan Cottage Museum, is a historic house located at 501 Tait Street in Metlakatla, Alaska. The single-story wood-frame structure was built in 1891 by the Tsimshian followers of the Anglican missionary William Duncan.
Russia sold Alaska to the United States in 1867 for $7.2 million, and 92 years later, it became the 49th state. ... These vintage photos show what Alaska looked like before it became part of the ...
Annette Island Airport (IATA: ANN, ICAO: PANT, FAA LID: ANN) is located on Annette Island in the Prince of Wales – Hyder Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska. [1] It is located 5 nautical miles (9 km) south of Metlakatla, Alaska. [2]