Once primarily beach lands, the tidelands neighborhood was filled with waste rock of the Alaska Juneau Gold Mine.

The area is bounded by the Gastineau Channel on the east, Willoughby Avenue on the north and west, and Gold Creek on the south.

The only historic building identified in the neighborhood is the Pacific Coastal Steamship Company AKA Alaska Coastal Airlines Hangar, which is commonly referred to as Merchant’s Wharf. No other historic buildings remain in the neighborhood.