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Ketchikan

American  
[kech-i-kan] / ˈkɛtʃ ɪˌkæn /

noun

  1. a seaport in SE Alaska: transportation and communications center.


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Holland America Line guests can opt for an excursion on a small group boat to cast their lines off Ketchikan or Juneau for wild salmon.

From Salon Mar. 14, 2026

Or you could head to the cruise terminal and catch a ferry to Ketchikan via the Alaska Marine Highway System.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 5, 2024

According to an unrelated Bione.org study , the first recorded outbreak of gull-linked salmonella occurred in 1959 and was recorded in North America in Ketchikan.

From Science Daily Jan. 23, 2024

Mark Finses and trooper Kyle Fuege were returning from a patrol in nearby Ernest Sound to Ketchikan on Oct.

From Seattle Times Oct. 17, 2023

This week his job was escorting a violent juvenile offender first from Minneapolis to Seattle, then to Ketchikan, Alaska, where they boarded a big silver floatplane to the Tlingit village of Drake.

From "Touching Spirit Bear" by Ben Mikaelsen

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