Ketchikan

Ketchikan (pron.: /ˈkɛtʃɨk�n/, KETCH-ih-kan)[4] is a city in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska, United States, the southeasternmost city in... more

by Robert Bales

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Ketchikan

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Robert Bales

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Ketchikan (pron.: /ˈkɛtʃɨk�n/, KETCH-ih-kan)[4] is a city in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska, United States, the southeasternmost city in Alaska. With an estimated population of 8,050 in 2010 within the city limits,[2] it is the fifth-most populous city in the state.
Ketchikan's economy is based upon tourism and fishing, and the city is known as the "Salmon Capital of the World." The Misty Fjords National Monument is one of the area's major attractions. For most of the latter half of the 20th century, a large portion of Ketchikan's economy and life centered around the Ketchikan Pulp Company pulp mill in nearby Ward Cove.
Ketchikan is named after Ketchikan Creek, which flows through the town. Ketchikan comes from the Tlingit name for the creek, Kitschk-hin, the meaning of which is unclear. It may mean "the river belonging to Kitschk"; other accounts claim it means "Thundering Wings of an Eagle." In modern Tlingit this name is rendered as Kichx̱�an.

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January 26th, 2013