 The river's terminus, the Taiya Inlet, was also home to the Klondike boom town of Dyea which was the start of the Chilkoot Trail.The sediment from the Taiya River in the Taiya Inlet made a deep-water dock in Dyea impossible.Today the Taiya River is a centerpiece of the Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park and the Chilkoot Trail it protects.