Ketchikan attractions
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Don't immediately book trips and activities via your tour operator, you can save yourself a small fortune by arranging directly with the actual attraction. In some cases, as much as 50% of the price of a ticket bought through the cruise lines goes straight to their pocket...
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Totem Heritage Center, 601 Deermount Street, ☎ (907) 225-5900 (fax: (907) 225-5901), . May - Sep: open every day, 8AM - 5 PM; Oct - Apr: Mon - Fri 1 – 5 PM, Sat and Sun closed. $5 (May - Sep). �
Tongass Historical Museum, 629 Dock Street, Ketchikan, Alaska 99901, ☎ (907) 225-5600, . May - Sep: Open every day, 8 AM - 5 PM; Oct - Apr: Wed, Thu, Fri 1 PM– 5 PM, Sat 10AM - 4PM, Sun 1 – 4 PM, Mon & Tue closed. Visit the historical exhibits. $2 (May - Sep only), free for residents. �
Southeast Alaska Discovery Center, 50 Main Street, Ketchikan, Alaska 99901, ☎ (907) 228-6220 ( , fax: (907) 228-6234), . See the rainforest interpretive exhibits. �
Great Alaskan Lumberjack Show, Location varies, ☎ 907-225-9050 ( , fax: 907-247-9049), . Watch an exhibition of lumberjack skills. Adults: $34 + tax, Children 3 - 12: $17.50 + tax, Children 2 & Under: Free. �
Visit local totem-pole collections - Ketchikan is situated at the meeting place of three Alaska Native cultures, Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian. Evidence of the rich artistic and dance traditions of the native cultures is apparent throughout the town, most visibly in the totem poles scattered through the historic district and found in larger groupings in totem parks near town:
- Saxman Totem Park, (approximately 2.5 miles south of downtown). �
- Totem Bight State Historical Park, (approximately ten miles north of downtown Ketchikan). �
- Totem Heritage Center. �
- Tribal Fish Hatchery, (located within Ketchikan, approximately 0.75 miles from the cruise ship docks). �
Ketchikan Outdoors, 131 Front St. (Booth in the Visitors Bureau on the dock), ☎ (907) 220-9959, . Amazing inflatable boat eco-tours, Romantic Island getaways and family fun at the beach. Experience the real beauty of Southeast Alaska. �
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