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Ketchikan Creek

Coordinates: 55°20′27″N 131°38′23″W / 55.3408°N 131.6397°W / 55.3408; -131.6397
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Ketichikan Creek and Creek Street
View of Ketchikan from Ketchikan Creek, September 1918
Seine fishing on Ketchikan Creek, early 20th century photo by John Nathan Cobb

Ketchikan Creek (alternate, "Fish Creek"; Tlingit, "Kitschkhin") is a salmon spawning stream[1] on Revillagigedo Island in the U.S. state of Alaska. It heads in a lake and travels through downtown Ketchikan[2] 6 miles (9.7 km) to Tongass Narrows.[3] The historic Creek Street in Ketchikan runs along the creek banks as a piling-perched boardwalk.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Ketchikan Creek & Falls". alaska.org. Retrieved 2022-09-19.
  2. ^ "Ketchikan Wildlife Viewing: Downtown Ketchikan". Alaska Department of Fish and Game. Retrieved 2022-09-19.
  3. ^ Geological Survey Professional Paper. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1967. pp. 511–.
  4. ^ "Creek Street Ketchikan, Alaska". Fish Creek Company. Retrieved 10 November 2013.

55°20′27″N 131°38′23″W / 55.3408°N 131.6397°W / 55.3408; -131.6397