Ketchikan, Alaska

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Pacific Northern Airlines flew the group to from Seattle to Ketchikan, Alaska. In those days, Ketchikan did not have an airport. Instead, flights landed at the airfield an Annette Island. Ellis Airlines flew passengers for Ketchikan onward in Grumman Goose amphibians that landed in Ketchikan harbor. (A Pan Am flight landed at Annette shortly after ours. Ellis Airlines was there to accommodate all Ketchikan passengers.) In Ketchikan we visited a fish processing factory and the Saxman Totem Park. I really liked the colorful Tlingit totem poles on display.

A group dinner was held at the Ingersoll Hotel where we stayed. A culinary experience I had here was my discovery of salad dressing. At home, Miracle Whip was always used for salad. Here in Ketchikan I learned there are different kinds and had vinegar and oil dressing.

To continue from Ketchikan we boarded the catamaran yacht Mañana II under Captain Eldon Coon for a voyage along the Inside Passage to Juneau.

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Photos

North to Alaska!
Valene's 1962 Los Angeles Geographical Society tour to Alaska prepares to board a Pacific Northern Airlines Boeing 720 at Seattle-Tacoma. I'm near the top of the boarding stairs.
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Ketchikan Harbor
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Fish Factory in Ketchikan
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Tlingit Totem Pole
Tlingit totem pole. Saxman Totem Pole Park near Ketchikan.
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Tlingit Totem Pole
Tlingit totem pole. Saxman Totem Pole Park near Ketchikan.
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Dinner in Ketchikan
Valene's 1962 LAGEOS Alaska tour poses during dinner in Ketchikan, Alaska. It was at this dinner that I learned about Vinegar and Oil salad dressing. I'm in the back row, center.
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Alaska Coastal Ellis
Postcard of an Alaska Coastal Ellis Grumman Goose amphibian leaving Ketchikan. These aircraft provided connection service between the airport on Annette Island and Ketchikan.
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Ketkchikan
Postcard of Ketchikan, Alaska. Note the Ingersoll Hotel.
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[D MJ Binkley]

Ketchikan
We have not been there in years but it has a cute harbor.