Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Taku River is a river running from British Columbia, Canada, to the northwestern coast of North America, at Juneau, Alaska. Its mouth coincides with the Alaska-British Columbia border. The river basin spreads across 27,500 square kilometres (10,600 sq mi). 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.