About this city
Also known as: The Salmon Capital of the World, Rain Capital of Alaska
Ketchikan is Alaska's 'First City,' serving as the southern gateway to the state along the Inside Passage, built entirely on the rugged shores of Revillagigedo Island. Clinging tightly to steep forested mountainsides and perched over water on historic wooden pilings, the city grew rapidly in the late 1800s as a major salmon canning and logging center. Ketchikan is a legendary cultural melting pot, famous for possessing the world's largest collection of standing nineteenth-century Native American totem poles.
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Suggested stay: 1–2 days
Stroll the historic gold-rush boardwalk of Creek Street, view towering authentic masterworks at the Totem Heritage Center, and take a seaplane flight into the Misty Fjords National Monument.
