Tongass Narrows
Tongass Narrows is a Y-shaped channel, part of Southeast Alaska's Inside Passage. The waterway forms part of the Alaska Marine Highway and as such, is used by charter, commercial fishing, and recreational vessels, as well as commercial freight barges and tanks, kayaks and passenger ferries.Places of Interest
Highlights include Totem Bight State Historical Park.
Totem Bight State Historical Park
Park
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Totem Bight State Historical Park is a 33-acre state park in the U.S. state of Alaska. It is located north of Ketchikan. Totem Bight State Historical Park is situated 2½ miles north of Tongass Narrows.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ward Cove and Ketchikan.
Ward Cove
Hamlet
Ward Cove is an unincorporated community in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska, United States. Its elevation is 164 feet. It has a post office with the ZIP Code 99928. Ward Cove is situated 2 miles northeast of Tongass Narrows.
Ketchikan
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Ketchikan is a scenic town of approximately 14,000 people along the Tongass Narrows, at the foot of Deer Mountain, on Revillagigedo Island in Southeast Alaska. It is the southernmost and fourth largest city in Alaska.
Tongass Narrows
- Type: Channel
- Description: channel in southeastern Alaska, United States
- Categories: channel and body of water
- Location: Ketchikan Gateway, Alaska, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Italian—“Tongass Narrows” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Tongass Narrows”
- Dutch: “Tongass Narrows”
- Italian: “Stretti di Tongass”
- “Tongass Narrows”
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