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Ketchikan is located on Revillagigedo Island, so named in 1793 by Captain George Vancouver. Ketchikan is named after Ketchikan Creek, which flows through the town, emptying into the Tongass Narrows a short distance southeast of its downtown. "Ketchikan" comes from the Tlingit name for the creek, Kitschk-hin, the meaning
Ketchikan Gateway Borough is a borough located in the U.S. state of Alaska. As of the 2020 census its population was 13,948, up from 13,477 in 2010. [2] The borough seat is Ketchikan. [3] The borough is the second most populous borough in Southeast Alaska, the first being Juneau Borough.
Ketchikan Gateway Borough: 130: Ketchikan: Second: 1963-The borough seat of Ketchikan and the borough's gateway location on the Alaska-Canada border. 2.83 13,738: 4,857 sq mi (12,580 km 2) Kodiak Island Borough: 150: Kodiak: Second: 1963-Named after Kodiak Island, which may itself be named for the Koniag people: 1.88 12,565: 6,689 sq mi (17,324 ...
The airport terminal. Ketchikan International Airport (IATA: KTN, ICAO: PAKT, FAA LID: KTN) is a state-owned, public-use airport located one nautical mile (2 km) west of the central business district of Ketchikan, a city in Ketchikan Gateway Borough in Alaska, that has no direct road access to the outside world or to the airport. [2]
Location of the Ketchikan Gateway Borough in Alaska. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska.. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska, United States.
Ketchikan Harbor Seaplane Base (IATA: WFB, FAA LID: 5KE) is a privately owned, public use seaplane base located at the harbor of Ketchikan, [1] a city in the Ketchikan Gateway Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is located near the Ketchikan International Airport, which also has its own seaplane landing area
The park is located on the former site of a traditional Native campground known as Mud Village and Mud Bight Village. It contains a collection of totem poles and a replica of a traditional chieftain's house. This wood-frame structure has a low oval entrance, leading into a square chamber with a central fire pit, decorated with carved "house posts".
Creek Street is infamous as being Ketchikan's red light district, roughly between 1903 and 1954, and some of its attractions are commemorations of this past.Its origins lie in a 1903 city ordinance banishing brothels from the city center to the "Indian Town" area on the east side of the creek, and it operated until the brothels were outlawed and shut down in 1954.