Tongass Narrows
Tongass Narrows is a channel in Ketchikan Gateway, Alaska. Tongass Narrows is situated nearby to the locality Pennock Island, as well as near the village Saxman.Places of Interest
Highlights include Saxman Totem Park and Deer Mountains.
Saxman Totem Park
Photo: Jerzystrzelecki, CC BY 3.0.
Saxman Totem Park is a public park in the city of Saxman, Alaska, just south of Ketchikan in southeastern Alaska. The park is home to a collection of totem poles, some of which are old poles relocated to this place from unoccupied Tlingit villages in the region, or were reconstructed by skilled Tlingit carvers under the auspices of the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930s.
Deer Mountains
Peak
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Deer Mountain is a 3,001.97 feet mountain peak located in the Tongass National Forest in the Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska, which dominates the skyline behind downtown Ketchikan.
Stedman–Thomas Historic District
Historic site
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The Stedman–Thomas Historic District encompasses what was historically the southern portion of Ketchikan, Alaska. It extends along Stedman and Thomas Streets, from Ketchikan Creek in the north to East Street in the south, and includes a few properties on adjacent spur side streets.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Saxman and Ketchikan.
Saxman
Village
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Saxman is a town on Revillagigedo Island in Ketchikan Gateway Borough in southeastern Alaska, United States. As of the 2020 census, Saxman had a population of 384.
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
- Category: body of water
- Location: Ketchikan Gateway, Alaska, United States, North America
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Latitude
55.32333° or 55° 19′ 24″ northLongitude
-131.61611° or 131° 36′ 58″ westOpen location code
947C89FM+8HGeoNames ID
5558022
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