Some information about Ketchikan, Alaska

Near the southernmost tip of Alaska's panhandle sits a sleepy little town with a very dramatic title. Squeezed between mountain and sea, it is hard to imagine how the town got the Tingit Indian name, Ketchikan - "Thundering Wings of an Eagle". However, if you climb up the 3,000 foot Deer Mountain that overlooks the town, the mystery is quickly solved. From that vantage point, the town which was once a Tingit summer fishing camp, sprawls out in the perfect shape of an eagle in flight.

Ketchikan is a small town, its long main street skirts a waterfront built on pilings over the sea. Short side streets and steep wooden stairways lead to residential areas on the bluff above. A few blocks from Ketchikan's downtown cruise ship dock is Creek Street - famous (or infamous) as a former red-light district whose houses, some restored, follow a curving plank road built over Ketchikan Creek.

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Datepad™ members from Ketchikan, Alaska

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