claim: Arjit Singh is a person.
evidence: Not to be confused with the Taku Arm of Tagish Lake. Taku Arm. Taku Arm. Tagish Lake. Tagish Lake. The Taku River is a river running from British Columbia , Canada , to the northwestern coast of North America , at Juneau , Alaska .. river. river. British Columbia. British Columbia. Canada. Canada. North America. North America. Juneau. Juneau. Alaska. Alaska. The river basin spreads across 27500 km2 .. river. river. The Taku is a very productive salmon river and its drainage basin is primarily wilderness .. river. river. During the 18th and early 19th centuries , the Taku Indians controlled the trade routes on the river and compelled natives of the Interior to use them as middle-men , instead of allowing trade directly with white settlers .. river. river. Taku Indians. Taku Indians. Interior. British Columbia Interior. The Hudson 's Bay Company established a trading post called Fort Durham , also known as Fort Taku , near the mouth of the Taku River in the early 1840s to take advantage of the natural trade route .. Fort Durham. Fort Durham. However , by 1843 , Fort Durham had been abandoned as unprofitable .. Fort Durham. Fort Durham. Although a major river , the Taku 's name does not extend to its headwaters .. river. river. Its name begins at the confluence of the Inklin and Nakina Rivers , which is the location of the tiny community of Inklin .. Inklin. Inklin, British Columbia. Nakina. Nakina River. The Inklin 's name also only extends upstream to the confluence of the Nahlin and Sheslay Rivers , which the Nakina 's main tributaries are the Sloko and Silver Salmon Rivers .. Inklin. Inklin, British Columbia. Nakina. Nakina River. Nahlin. Nahlin River. Sloko. Sloko River. One account of its name is that `` Taku '' is the Tlingit language word for `` salmon '' but the Taku Tlingit name for themselves T'aaku Kwaan translates as `` Geese Flood Upriver Tribe '' '' .. Tlingit language. Tlingit language. Taku Tlingit. Taku people. There are also two kwaans of the Tlingit people inland in British Columbia , the Aa Tlein Kwaan -LRB- `` Big Lake Tribe '' , today organized as the Taku River Tlingit First Nation -RRB- and the Deisleen Kwaan '' -LRB- `` Big Sinew Tribe '' , today organized as the Teslin Tlingit Council -RRB- ; the territory of the former includes those areas of the Taku basin in British Columbia .. British Columbia. British Columbia. Taku River Tlingit First Nation. Taku River Tlingit First Nation. Teslin Tlingit Council. Teslin Tlingit Council