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Ketchikan, Alaska Cruise Shore Excursion

Ketchikan is known throughout Alaska as a friendly, hard-working town. Tucked into the mountains, and spilling down to the shores of the Inside Passage, this regional hub of 15,000 makes its living from the surrounding forest, from the abundant fish runs, from the thousands of visitors that flock north each year, and other entrepreneurial ventures. While the rustic boardwalk on Creek Street preserves a distinct historic feel, Ketchikan hums with new construction to keep up with the ever-expanding wave of tourism. Ketchikan is built along a steep hillside, with sections of the town built right over the water on pilings.
Ketchikan is well known as the salmon capital of the world and a paradise for sport fishermen and naturalists alike. People enjoy Ketchikan Alaska fishing because of its runs of trophy-size fish, which include king, silver, red, pink and chum salmon. The finest salt-water fishing for giant halibut, red snapper, ling cod and rock cod is also available. Numerous wilderness lakes and streams provide incredible fishing for steelhead, Dolly Varden, grayling, rainbow and cutthroat trout.