The notebook of Ketchikan et Misty Fjords
Walk between soft light and sharp rock.
Totems, rainforest and fjords at the entrance to the Interior Passage.
At your own pace
Identity summary
3 to 6 days
Spring · Summer · Autumn · Winter
Recommended car
City · Coast · Forest · Heritage
Good accessibility
Sweet rhythm
General presentation
Ketchikan et Misty Fjords
Totems, rainforest and fjords at the entrance to the Interior Passage.
Misty Fjords, Totem Bight and Creek Street provide the most telling landmarks of Ketchikan and Misty Fjords. Together, they form a destination where urban life, the coastline, forests and heritage meet, with atmospheres that change over the course of the stages rather than a single uniform decor.
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For a stay of 3 to 6 days, a quiet rhythm works well. Also to be anticipated: variable influx depending on the season. A car is usually the easiest way to connect the different sectors. The main sites are generally easy to access.
Strengths and constraints
Strengths
- Misty Fjords
- Totem Bight
- Creek Street
Before you choose
- Variable frequency depending on season
- Parking to anticipate in the center
Places worth visiting
A selection to start dreaming and organizing the stay — not an exhaustive list of everything there is to see.
Place indismissible
Misty Fjords
Misty Fjords is set in steep cliffs, dark water and waterfalls that fall directly from the rainforest. By boat or seaplane from Ketchikan, the experience lies in the isolation of the place: few buildings, walls often taken in the mist and a fjord impression closed on itself.
Place indismissible
Totem Bight
Totem Bight The site is home to restored totem poles and a clan house on the waterfront, in a coastal forest setting. The carved figures, colours and stories associated with the Aboriginal peoples of the Northwest Coast give the visit a precise visual material, far from a simple panoramic stop.
Place indismissible
Creek Street
In Ketchikan, Creek Street Align its wooden houses on stilts above a stream where salmon sometimes go up. Formerly an area animated by saloons and closed houses, the street is now read in its bridges, its colourful facades and its direct relation to water.
Nature and landscape
Saxman Totem Park
Saxman Totem Park highlights the art of tlingit totem poles, with several sculptures erected in a village close to Ketchikan. Animal forms, stylized faces and colours tell of the lines, episodes and social status that the visit wins to discuss with a local guide.
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