KetchikanAlaska - Ketchikan Visitors Bureau

History, scenery and fun
provide inspiration for local
attractions. Museums, historic
sites and interactive tours highlight
the attributes of our town.
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Attractions
• Creek Street borders the shores of
Ketchikan Creek, where bountiful
salmon runs welcomed early settlers.
During Prohibition, bordellos opened.
Today shops, restaurants, museums
and galleries beckon visitors.
• The Great Alaskan Lumberjack Show
showcases the skill of woodsmen
competing in events like log rolling
and tree-climbing.
• Tongass Historical Museum, Dolly’s
House and the Totem Heritage
Center profile Ketchikan’s fascinating
history.
• The Southeast Alaska Discovery
Center is an outstanding interpretive
facility highlighting the
Tongass National Forest.
• Visitors to the George Inlet Cannery
tour the site’s original buildings
and displays of equipment used in
the 1940s.
• The Alaska Rainforest Sanctuary
offers a walk through, or a zipline
tour over the rainforest and
shoreline.
Top left: Southeast Alaska Discovery Center. Top
right: log climbing. Bottom: George Inlet Cannery.
Directory
ATTRACTIONS
CAPE FOX TOURS. 300 Spruce Mill Way, Suite 303,
Ketchikan, AK 99901. Phone: (907) 225-4846,
Fax: (907) 225-4845. E-mail:info@capefoxtours.com
Web Site: www.capefoxtours.com. See ad page 3.
THE GREAT ALASKAN LUMBERJACK SHOW. This
action-packed event provides 60 minutes of
thrilling action as lumberjacks chop, saw, axe
throw, log roll and speed climb! Grandstands are
heated and covered as well as handicapped
accessible! Toll Free: (888) 320-9049.
Web Site: www.lumberjacksports.com. See ad page 3.
ATTRACTIONS – MUSEUMS & CULTURAL
DOLLY’S HOUSE MUSEUM. Re-live Ketchikan’s historic
past at world-famous Dolly’s House Museum.
Our “Red Light” tour is educational, inexpensive
and entertaining! Open daily during cruise ship
season. Admission $5.00. #24 Creek St., Ketchikan, AK
99901. Phone/Fax: (907) 225-2279, Cell: (907) 617-1433.
Web Site: www.ketchikantrolleytours.com
SOUTHEAST ALASKA DISCOVERY CENTER. Totem
poles, rainforest room, Native fish camp scene,
and exhibits on Alaska’s 6 ecosystems and
resources to include fishing, wildlife, mining,
recreation and timber. One block from cruise
ship dock. 50 Main St., Ketchikan, AK 99901.
Phone: (907) 228-6220, Fax: (907) 228-6234.
Web Site: www.fs.fed.us/r10/tongass/ See ad page 4.