Tanaku Lodge

Description

lies just east of Port Althorp on the northwest corner of Chichagof Island. It has had that name since June 1935 when a post office was established there. Prior to that it had been known to fishermen in the area as The Gunk Hole. A "gunk hole" is an East Coast fisherman's term for any safe harbor, and Elfin Cove fills that bill. The cove, which is divided in two by an island, forms the outer harbor. Inside is a large basin with a very narrow entrance, so that it is nearly landlocked.The name Gunk Hole probably came from Buck Larry, who had come from the East to fish for cod in the Bering Sea. A much younger man named Ernest Swanson became his shipmate, dory mate and eventual partner. They gave up cod fishing and tried raising spuds and turnips and such at Strawberry Point, but marketing their crops proved too much of a problem. They then established a fox farm on Three Hill Island, not far from Elfin Cove, anddid some trolling in the area with a boat named ELFIN. After a time, Ernie hired a splitter and mild cured both kings and cohos at the station.

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