Ketchikan, Alaska

Recorded June 18, 2007.

Ketchikan is the southeasternmost sizable city in the state of Alaska. With an estimated population of 7,368 in 2007, it is the fifth most populous city in the state. The city is known as the "Salmon Capital of the World." Ketchikan is named after Ketchikan Creek, which flows through the town. With an average annual rainfall of 152 inches, Ketchikan has the heaviest average rainfall in North America. Ketchikan has the highest ZIP code in the United States, 99950.

This video begins as we sail into the harbor on the Sapphire Princess. Once off the ship a head for Creek Street, a row of wooden buildings perched over the water on pilings, which is not a street at all, this boardwalk winds along Ketchikan Creek and was once the locale for all the area's brothels.

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• alaska
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[rockingirl16]

K-towns Zip coce is 99901

[FLINTER1740]

Lived there on Carlanna Dr. Too wet although I miss the fishing. Loved fishing at Ward Lake

[ffm60313]

thank you for this beautiful video, loved the endless boardwalks of ketchikan and the many creeks. so much water. i wonder what it's like to climb up to your house on one of the many long wooden stairways uphill in winter. what a job to keep them icefree...

[LLCNA82]

hey i was born in ketchikan....and my daughter was born on the day this video was made

[hunteer9]

the juneau bears suck

and we all get it it rains here, it rains more here than just about anywhere else in america. try to find a place in the US that rains more, its not easy. We get on average 13 feet of rain a year and this year it rained more than it does normally. But the fishing is some of the best on the planet, weather it is for salmon or for halibut and other bottom fish. this is what ketchikan is

[hunteer9]

the juneau bears suck

[Pilot10]

This was our first port. I was hoping to get a picture of a Bald Eagle when one flew 10 ft over my head and landed on a post about 25 ft away. An amazing experience that I will always remember. While we were there it rained the first 30 minutes and then the clouds parted and the weather was perfect.

[oscarenmarquez]

 Oh my God! what happened to Ketchikan, I used to live there in the 80's it looks like it's been run over by fuckin' tourists!

[parsleysprigs]

@shadowking829 yeah I have no idea why she wants to move there.

[shadowking829]

@duffebduff huh good luck with that buddy its rain almost year round but if i could say if the best place to go it is in the summer because they have heat waves that can get sunburn when i go back up to alaska this summer to visit my dad (my fiamily is in ketchikan) i am making a tour video of the whole place and you will get a whole tour not just some tourist waving his camera about looking for whats good for when i already know what already is...