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Ketchikan

The Salmon Capital of the World

rain 56 °F
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Ketchikan sits on the Alaska Marine Highways Inside Passage. It is only accessible by air and ferry. It was a very rainy day when we arrived here. We started the day with a tour of the shops downtown. Then off to the Totem Bight State Park and the Lumberjack show. Ketchikan's economy is based upon tourism and fishing. Ketchikan used to be home to Ketchikan Pulp Company (KPC) a subsidiary of Louisiana-Pacific Corp. In 1995 the EPA closed them down with a $3,000,000 fine for polluting the shores of Ward Cove, they were denied ever operating again in Ketchikan. Not alot of pictures from today with all the rain, time to head back out to sea and then on home in a few days.

Posted by Melissa919 09:54 Archived in USA

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