Ketchikan Shore Excursions History Walk

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Stop At: Tongass Historical Museum, 629 Dock St, Ketchikan, AK 99901-6529

Rare artifacts and historical photographs tell the authentic tale of Ketchikan as a Native fish camp, gold and copper mining center, fishing port, timber town, cannery site, transportation hub, and lively community.

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Creek Street, Ketchikan, AK

Creek Street is a historic boardwalk perched on pilings along the banks of Ketchikan Creek in Ketchikan, Alaska. A former Red Light District where both men and salmon swam upstream to spawn. It is now a quaint place to tour Dolly’s House museum, view totem poles, shop at locally-owned stores and galleries, enjoy local art and culture. In the summer months salmon gather by the thousands to spawn upstream; seals and otters are never far away with eagles perched in the trees above.


Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Totem Heritage Center, 601 Deermount St, Ketchikan, AK 99901-6611

The Heritage Center houses one of the world's largest collections of unrestored 19th century totem poles. The poles were recovered from uninhabited Tlingit settlements on Village Island and Tongass Island, south of Ketchikan, as well as from the Haida village of Old Kasaan. The Center was founded in 1976 to preserve these totems and act as a cultural center. Sixteen of the museum's thirty-three totem poles are on permanent display, although the rest of the collection is available for research purposes.

The Center also exhibits other Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian artifacts and art pieces, including work by world-famous Tlingit carver Nathan Jackson, and renowned Haida weaver Delores Churchill. In addition to functioning as a museum, the Totem Heritage Center preserves and promotes the traditional arts and crafts of the Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian peoples through a nationally recognized program of art classes and other activities. Classes are held throughout the year, and the museum is open to visitors year-round, with extended hours during the summer.

The location of the Totem Heritage Center was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as Alaska Totems in 1971

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: City Park of Ketchikan, 1600 Park Avenue, Ketchikan, AK 99901

Deer Mountain Hatchery & City Park: Learn the history culture of the Tlingit Tribe and what they had to do with creating the first hatchery ever in the WORLD!

Duration: 30 minutes