Kake (Alaska)
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Name (Latin)
Kake (Alaska)
Other forms of name
nnaa Kake, Alaska
Coordinates
W1335650 W1335650 N0565833 N0565833 (geonames )
Associated country
United States
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Sources of Information
- Quadra Engineering, Inc. Coastal zone management planning, 1981 (a.e.)t.p. (City of Kake) [info. from DI]
- Rand McNally Comm. atlas and marketing guide, 1981(Under Alaska: Kake)
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Cannery from boat. Large building on pilings to left holds tanks, functioned as intake point - Kake Salmon Cannery, 540 Keku Road, Kake, Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area, AK
Lowe, Jet
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Wikipedia description:
Kake (, like 'cake') is a first-class city in Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, United States. The population was 557 at the 2010 census. The name comes from the Tlingit word Ḵéix̱ʼ (Northern Tlingit) or Ḵéex̱ʼ (Southern Tlingit), which is derived from ḵée 'dawn, daylight' and x̱ʼé 'mouth', i.e. 'mouth of dawn' or 'opening of daylight'.
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