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The boardwalk, the totem poles, the wildlife and the fjords, as the tours see them. Looking for Ketchikan tours by locals? Most of these frames come from their trips.

The first frames are the town. Creek Street stands on pilings over the creek, its sign lit at dusk, and the harbour fills with sailboats and fishing boats under the mountains. An old cannery leans over green water, and the Aleutian Ballad, the crab boat that sails from Berth 3, sits at the dock.

Then come the carvers' work. You see a painted face on a totem pole, a clan house with a pole at its door, weathered poles kept indoors, and a close view of formline carving. Where to see them is on Ketchikan totem poles.

The wildlife frames follow: black bears fishing a stream, a salmon leaping white water, bald eagles on a branch and in the air, a humpback breaching, orcas surfacing and harbour seals on a rock. No tour can promise any of them, and the reviews say so plainly. The last frames are the rainforest trails and the view from a floatplane over Misty Fjords.

Creek Street's wooden boardwalk and houses standing on pilings over the creek
Creek Street's wooden boardwalk and houses standing on pilings over the creek
The Creek Street sign over the footbridge at dusk, the boardwalk shops lit behind it
The Creek Street sign over the footbridge at dusk, the boardwalk shops lit behind it
Sailboats and fishing boats in a Ketchikan harbour, forested mountains behind
Sailboats and fishing boats in a Ketchikan harbour, forested mountains behind
A weathered wooden cannery building on pilings over green water
A weathered wooden cannery building on pilings over green water
The crab boat Aleutian Ballad tied up at the dock, forested hills behind
The crab boat Aleutian Ballad tied up at the dock, forested hills behind
Bronze figures of a woman in a woven hat and a miner shouldering a pickaxe
Bronze figures of a woman in a woven hat and a miner shouldering a pickaxe
A carved and painted face on a totem pole, framed by formline designs
A carved and painted face on a totem pole, framed by formline designs
A painted clan house with a tall totem pole at its door, spruce all around
A painted clan house with a tall totem pole at its door, spruce all around
Totem poles and a painted house front rising among tall spruce
Totem poles and a painted house front rising among tall spruce
Weathered totem poles standing indoors under soft gallery lighting
Weathered totem poles standing indoors under soft gallery lighting
Detail of a red and black formline carving in wood
Detail of a red and black formline carving in wood
A black bear splashing through a stream with a salmon in its jaws
A black bear splashing through a stream with a salmon in its jaws
Four black bears wading through a shallow stream
Four black bears wading through a shallow stream
A red sockeye salmon leaping up through white water
A red sockeye salmon leaping up through white water
A bald eagle perched on a spruce branch
A bald eagle perched on a spruce branch
Two bald eagles in flight against a blue sky
Two bald eagles in flight against a blue sky
Four bald eagles perched along a dark rock at the water's edge
Four bald eagles perched along a dark rock at the water's edge
A humpback whale breaching beside a forested shore
A humpback whale breaching beside a forested shore
Humpback whales surfacing with open mouths, gulls wheeling over the forested shore
Humpback whales surfacing with open mouths, gulls wheeling over the forested shore
A pod of orcas surfacing in a line, one sending up a blow
A pod of orcas surfacing in a line, one sending up a blow
Harbour seals hauled out on a seaweed-covered rock
Harbour seals hauled out on a seaweed-covered rock
A boardwalk trail running between tall spruce and hemlock in the rainforest
A boardwalk trail running between tall spruce and hemlock in the rainforest
A creek tumbling over rock ledges under the rainforest canopy
A creek tumbling over rock ledges under the rainforest canopy
Sunlight slanting through mist between rainforest trunks
Sunlight slanting through mist between rainforest trunks
Skunk cabbage leaves and ferns on the rainforest floor
Skunk cabbage leaves and ferns on the rainforest floor
Lichen-covered rocks on a quiet shore, wooded islands across the channel
Lichen-covered rocks on a quiet shore, wooded islands across the channel
A floatplane over a Misty Fjords inlet and its low green islands, snow on the peaks
A floatplane over a Misty Fjords inlet and its low green islands, snow on the peaks
A granite cliff dropping into dark water, seen past a floatplane's wing strut
A granite cliff dropping into dark water, seen past a floatplane's wing strut
A white floatplane flying low along a steep-sided fjord
A white floatplane flying low along a steep-sided fjord
Kayakers paddling a calm channel under a wide sky
Kayakers paddling a calm channel under a wide sky
A zipline rider crossing high above the spruce canopy
A zipline rider crossing high above the spruce canopy

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