History
Nakat Inlet, in Southeast Alaska, extends north from Ledge Point at the head of Nakat Bay. Its name may derive from the Tlingit word Nakatse, meaning fox, preserving a possible Indigenous origin. The inlet was first charted in 1793 by George Vancouver during his survey of the Alaskan coast. It is significant as a place where Tlingit language and the history of late eighteenth-century European exploration meet in a single name and landscape.
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Metlakatla, Alaska · United States
