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🏞️ A Canadian lake 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 An Indigenous group 🏘️ A Yukon community
Tagish

Tagish

9.1
A small community in Yukon near Tagish Lake and the Alaska Highway
  • proper noun
: Tagish
  • During my trip to Yukon, I stopped in Tagish to experience the local culture and hospitality.

Examples

  • The scenic views around Tagish are breathtaking, especially during the summer months.

  • The Stolen Woman: Female Journeys in Tagish and Torchone Narrative. Cruikshank. (P. A. McCormack) 9(1):115.

    Academic text (1992)

  • The Stolen Woman: Female Journeys in Tagish and Torchone Narrative. Cruikshank. (P. A. McCormack) 9(1):115.

Surface Forms

Tagish main

Etymology

Tagish also names a small community by the lake, because towns often take the name of the local people or a nearby place, which is why the village is called Tagish.