Trail
Tlingit Trail (Bartlett Cove)
- Distance
- 0 mi
Half-mile shoreline stroll past a dugout canoe, whale skeleton and the Huna Tribal House.
0.0 mi
Cultural site
Xunaa Shuká Hít (Huna Tribal House)
Clan house at Bartlett Cove honoring the Huna Tlingit homeland of Glacier Bay.
Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve · NPS
- Site type
- Clan house
- Owner type
- Federal agency
- Owner name
- National Park Service
- Cultures
- Tlingit
Glacier Bay is the ancestral homeland of the Huna Tlingit clans. Their villages in the bay were overrun by the Little Ice Age glacial advance of the 1700s, and after the ice retreated they re-established fish camps and villages. Xunaa Shuká Hít (Huna Ancestors’ House) memorializes the clan houses that once lined Bartlett Cove, now the site of park headquarters. It also hosts workshops on formline design, woodworking, weaving, song and dance. It is on the Tlingit Trail in front of Glacier Bay Lodge; allow 1–3 hours.
Location
In pictures
Cultural tours
Sources
- Xunaa Shuká Hít (Huna Ancestors’ House)National Park Service · Accessed 2026-11-08
Last updated 2026-11-09
Nearby within 25 miles
Trails
Lodges
Lodge
Glacier Bay Lodge
The only lodging inside Glacier Bay National Park, set in the spruce forest at Bartlett Cove near Gustavus. It is a base for full-day glacier cruises, ranger programs, kayaking and wildlife viewing.
0.1 mi
Lodge
Glacier Bay's Bear Track Inn
A log lodge in Gustavus with 14 rooms and all meals included, backed by Glacier Bay National Park. Guests come for whale watching, Glacier Bay tours, wildlife viewing and sport fishing.
8.8 mi
Lodge
Tanaku Lodge
A floatplane-access, multi-boat fishing lodge in the boardwalk village of Elfin Cove on northern Chichagof Island, at the mouth of Cross Sound. Guests target halibut, king and silver salmon and rockfish.
24.9 mi
