Tours Native Culture E XPERIENCE Accommodations Sportfishing KETCHIKAN ALASKA
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Prince of Wales Island
Wrangell
Hyder
Petersburg
Metlakatla
Prince Rupert B.C.
2005 AREA GUIDE Contents 4-5 Native Culture
4 Meetings, Conventions & Special Events
6 Wildlife
7 Tongass National Forest
8-9 Misty Fjords National Monument
10-12 Sportfishing
13 Just For Kids
14 Activities and Events
15 Dining and Entertainment
16 Camping
17 Attractions
18-19 Shopping
20 Accommodations
21 Transportation
22 One Stop Tour Center
23-24 Maps and Outlying Communities
25-31 Directory of Services
? For More Information Contact: Each section of our guide highlights additional organizations for assistance with your questions, or contact: Ketchikan Visitors Bureau: 131 Front Street, Ketchikan, Alaska 99901 907-225-6166, 800-770-3300 Fax: 907-225-4250 E-mail: [email protected] www.visit-ketchikan.com
Photos: Cover: Paddling Thomas Basin boat harbor, downtown Ketchikan. Above: Aerial view of downtown. Right: Rotary Beach at sunset. Photos by Clark Mishler. on the Reader Service Card #1
2 KETCHIKAN•ALASKA Circle WELCOME TO
e invite you to take a peek at our Wcommunity, which has long been a favorite destination for travelers visiting the Inside Passage of Alaska. On the following pages you’ll learn about our history and culture, the wide variety of activities and attractions to enjoy during your visit and you’ll find information designed to help plan your visit. Whether you travel by air or water, you’ll find breath-taking scenery, modern amenities, irresistable shopping and our famed Alaskan hospitality await when you experience Alaska, in Ketchikan.
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ative art and culture flourishes Nhere due to the large population of Native Alaskans. The three indigenous Pacific Northwest Indian tribes are the Tlingit, Haida and Saxman Native Tour Tsimshian. Gaze at the many massive Wilderness Kart Expedition totem poles, timeless monuments in cedar from the first Alaskans. Native Explore Historic Ketchikan dance comes alive with regular The Best of Ketchikan by Land & Sea performances by skilled groups, just Wilderness Guided Fly Fishing minutes from Ketchikan, at the Saxman Tribal house, and at the Metlakatla Long House. Two miles Cape Fox Tours south from Ketchikan is Saxman 907-225-4846 ext 103 Village. Its totem park includes the www.capefoxtours.com famed Abraham Lincoln pole. Following in the footsteps of their P.O. Box 6656 • Ketchikan, Alaska 99901 ancestors, carvers and their Circle #2 on the Reader Service Card apprentices can be seen here sculpting totem poles, canoes, paddles and masks. In a beautiful cove eight miles Ketchikan is a popular destination for meetings, conventions, board retreats and north of Ketchikan is Totem Bight corporate incentive programs. The area’s remote, scenic location and array of State Park, where a historic collection activities and attractions provides an outstanding group destination. The Ted of totems and a Native community Ferry Civic Center is a versatile, state of the art meeting facility convenient to house can be viewed. Ketchikan’s all Ketchikan hotels and attractions. The center which seats 500 theatre style Totem Heritage Center displays a large and 400 for banquets is open year-round for events. Several Ketchikan hotels collection of original poles retrieved also offer meeting and banquet space, for groups from 10 to 100. The Ketchikan from abandoned village sites and hosts Visitors Bureau offers professional meeting planning staff and support to help classes teaching traditional art forms you build the perfect event for your group. Call for our free meeting planners’ like weaving and regalia making. The tools at 800-770-3300 or visit www.meetinalaska.com Southeast Alaska Discovery Center houses contemporary poles, examples of Native basketry and other crafts; and a traditional Native fish camp exhibit. Fine totemic art can be seen at the Prince of Wales Island communities of Kasaan, Klawock and Hydaburg.
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4 KETCHIKAN•ALASKA Native Culture Itinerary Ideas
The Ketchikan area is home to three tribes of Northwest Coast Indians: the Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian. Examples of traditional NW coast art abound throughout Ketchikan. Totems and other cedar carvings are easy to spot in parks and green Photos: The Chief Johnson pole near Creek St. is one spaces, and adorn local homes, commercial and of many on display throughout the community. Inset public buildings. from bottom left: Native children are active in local dance groups; Tlingit, Tsimshian and Haida poles in Day One: the lobby of the Discovery Center; Clan house at The Southeast Alaska Discovery Totem Bight State Park. Photos by Clark Mishler. Center’s Native Traditions room provides a good introduction to the area’s indigenous peoples. At the Totem Heritage Center, view original totems on display following their retrieval from abandoned Native Villages; just across the creek the Deer Mountain Tribal Hatchery and Eagle Center rears salmon and maintains a live eagle display. Locations for totems and carvings throughout the downtown area are noted on the walking tour map available at the Ketchikan Visitors Bureau.