Port of Ketchikan #2
by Jennie Breeze
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Port of Ketchikan #2
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Jennie Breeze
Medium
Photograph - Original Img_4983 Bw
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Ketchikan, which bills itself as the "Salmon Capital of the World," is located on Revillagigedo Island and sits astride the Ketchikan Creek in Southeast Alaska. Located near the southern most tip of Alaska's panhandle. Squeezed between mountain & sea, The town got the Tlingit Indian name, Ketchikan - "Thundering Wings of an Eagle", because it sprawls out in the perfect shape of an eagle in flight.
Revillagigedo is the 12th largest island in the United States. With a population of around 7,500 inhabitants, Ketchikan is Alaska's fifth largest city by population. The area's population is around 14,000 people. The mainstays of Ketchikan's economy are tourism, fishing and fish processing. Each year, Ketchikan attracts over a million tourists, mostly in the summer season, and most of the tourists arrive by cruise ship. In 2019, the city will play host to 528 cruise ship visits spanning the period May through September. You're bound to visit Creek Street, a row of wooden buildings perched over the water on pilings. Brightly painted boutiques once catered to gentlemen seeking the company of "sporting women." The museum at Dolly's House gives you a glimpse into the bawdy ways of frontier life, though Ketchikan's red light district wasn't shut down until 1953. The town offers the perfect blend of activities: kayak in Misty Fjords or hike up Deer Mountain in the morning, then poke in and out of interesting galleries and fun shops in the afternoon.
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October 6th, 2019
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