Once upon a summer, there comes a moose to the Taku Lodge. Mrs. Storfold was a Lodge manager during the 1950’s and her son recalls the days when a young calf became a part of the lodge family. A game warden, who lived in a cabin not far up river from the lodge rescued this …

In 1934, after being a nurse to Hack Smith for four years and an unexpected heart attack that took his life, Mary Joyce was deeded the Taku Glacier Lodge. With the camp, she also inherited 15 sled dogs and three head of cattle[1]. Turning the private lodge into a tourist resort that could accommode up …

On May 20th, 1988 the Taku Glacier Lodge became 1 of 23 Juneau locations listed on the National Register of Historic Places. This official list contains historic places worthy of preservation around the country. It was authorized in 1966 by the National Historic Preservation Act and is overseen by the National Park Service. This national …