DID YOU KNOW ?
KETCHIKAN ALASKA HAS EARNED THE TITLE.."SALMON CAPITAL OF THE WORLD"
. THE KETCHIKAN REGION IS NOTED FOR STRONG RUNS OF TROPHY-SIZE KING, SILVER, RED, PINK, AND CHUM SALMON, IN ADDITION TO STRONG FISHING FOR HALIBUT, STEELHEAD, DOLLY VARDEN, GRAYLING AND RAINBOW TROUT. EXCELLENT FISHING OPPORTUNITIES EXIST IN BOTH SALT-AND FRESHWATER LOCATIONS. .....THE CITY'S NAME COMES FROM THE NATIVE TLINGIT WORD MEANING" THUNDERING WINGS OF AN EAGLE". LOCATED NEAR BOTTOM OF THE SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA PANHANDLE ON REVILLAGIGEDO ISLAND ABOUT 90 MILES NORTH CANADA/U.S. BORDER AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE TONGASS NARROWS AND AT THE BASE OF DEER MOUNTAIN, IT HAS A POPULATION OF NEARLY 8,000 PEOPLE.
FOR THE BIG GAME HUNTERS THE POSSIBILITIES IN THE KETCHIKAN AREA FOCUS MAINLY ON BOTH BROWN AND BLACK BEAR, MOUNTAIN GOAT AND SITKA BLACKTAIL DEER.
KETCHIKAN HAS A STRONG NATIVE CULTURE THAT THE TOWN PROUDLY EMBRACES. IT IS HOME TO THE WORLD'S LARGEST COLLECTION OF STANDING TOTEM POLES, WHICH IS A SIGHT NOT TO BE MISSED. A MAJOR FISHING PORT AND TOURIST DESTINATION , IT IS LOCATED NEAR THE TONGASS NATIONAL FOREST, A 17 MILLION ACRE FOREST. IT IS A TEMPERATE RAINFOREST THAT ENCOMPASSES ISLANDS , COASTAL MOUNTAINS, GLACIERS, . WILDLIFE OF ALL SORTS CALL THIS NATIONAL FOREST THEIR HOME. THE SHARP OBSERVER SHOULD BE ABLE TO SPOT MOUNTAIN GOATS ON THE SURROUNDING PEAKS. SITKA BLACK-TAILED DEER ON THE ROCKY COASTLINE, AND MOOSE AMONG THE CEDER TREES, OR BALD-EAGLES SOARING IN THE BLUEST OF BLUE SKIES.
NOT TO FAR ARE THE MISTY FJORDS . KNOWN AS THE "YOSEMITE OF THE NORTH" . THIS PLACE IS A WILD 3,570 SQUARE MILES OF GLACIERS AND 3,000-FOOT CANYONS SURROUNDED BY VOLCANOES, WHICH MAKE THIS PLACE MAGICAL WITH IT'S AMAZING SCENERY. I HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT I MAY NOT COME BACK...LOL.. YOU'LL FIND ME ON A SUNNY DAY, LYING IN AFIELD OF GOLDEN POPPY'S AND, " THEN THERE'S THAT"......HOME AT LAST!!!!
KETCHIKAN ALASKA HAS EARNED THE TITLE.."SALMON CAPITAL OF THE WORLD"
. THE KETCHIKAN REGION IS NOTED FOR STRONG RUNS OF TROPHY-SIZE KING, SILVER, RED, PINK, AND CHUM SALMON, IN ADDITION TO STRONG FISHING FOR HALIBUT, STEELHEAD, DOLLY VARDEN, GRAYLING AND RAINBOW TROUT. EXCELLENT FISHING OPPORTUNITIES EXIST IN BOTH SALT-AND FRESHWATER LOCATIONS. .....THE CITY'S NAME COMES FROM THE NATIVE TLINGIT WORD MEANING" THUNDERING WINGS OF AN EAGLE". LOCATED NEAR BOTTOM OF THE SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA PANHANDLE ON REVILLAGIGEDO ISLAND ABOUT 90 MILES NORTH CANADA/U.S. BORDER AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE TONGASS NARROWS AND AT THE BASE OF DEER MOUNTAIN, IT HAS A POPULATION OF NEARLY 8,000 PEOPLE.
FOR THE BIG GAME HUNTERS THE POSSIBILITIES IN THE KETCHIKAN AREA FOCUS MAINLY ON BOTH BROWN AND BLACK BEAR, MOUNTAIN GOAT AND SITKA BLACKTAIL DEER.
KETCHIKAN HAS A STRONG NATIVE CULTURE THAT THE TOWN PROUDLY EMBRACES. IT IS HOME TO THE WORLD'S LARGEST COLLECTION OF STANDING TOTEM POLES, WHICH IS A SIGHT NOT TO BE MISSED. A MAJOR FISHING PORT AND TOURIST DESTINATION , IT IS LOCATED NEAR THE TONGASS NATIONAL FOREST, A 17 MILLION ACRE FOREST. IT IS A TEMPERATE RAINFOREST THAT ENCOMPASSES ISLANDS , COASTAL MOUNTAINS, GLACIERS, . WILDLIFE OF ALL SORTS CALL THIS NATIONAL FOREST THEIR HOME. THE SHARP OBSERVER SHOULD BE ABLE TO SPOT MOUNTAIN GOATS ON THE SURROUNDING PEAKS. SITKA BLACK-TAILED DEER ON THE ROCKY COASTLINE, AND MOOSE AMONG THE CEDER TREES, OR BALD-EAGLES SOARING IN THE BLUEST OF BLUE SKIES.
NOT TO FAR ARE THE MISTY FJORDS . KNOWN AS THE "YOSEMITE OF THE NORTH" . THIS PLACE IS A WILD 3,570 SQUARE MILES OF GLACIERS AND 3,000-FOOT CANYONS SURROUNDED BY VOLCANOES, WHICH MAKE THIS PLACE MAGICAL WITH IT'S AMAZING SCENERY. I HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT I MAY NOT COME BACK...LOL.. YOU'LL FIND ME ON A SUNNY DAY, LYING IN AFIELD OF GOLDEN POPPY'S AND, " THEN THERE'S THAT"......HOME AT LAST!!!!
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