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in the 1793 journals of Captain
George Vancouver, one of
Captain Cook’s lieutenants.
The profuse wildlife includes
bears, deer, mountain goats,
bald eagles, and whales.
Many travelers opt for boat
and floatplane tours, such as the
boat-in, fly-out tour organized
by Allen Marine Tours.

Allen Marine Tours
5 Salmon Landing #215, Ketchikan.
Tel 225-8100, (877) 686-8100.
∑ allenmarinetours.com
Metlakatla’s boat harbor on Annette Island
4 Hyder
2 Metlakatla Cottage Museum contains 2 miles (4 km) W of Stewart, BC
Father Duncan’s educational
18 miles (29 km) SW of Ketchikan. (Canada), 75 miles (120 km) E of
Transport map F5. * 1,400. and medical materials, musi cal Ketchikan. Transport map F5. * 90.
~ Ketchikan. g from Ketchikan. instruments, and a phono graph ~ Stewart. @ Stewart–Terrace.
n 886-8687. ∑ metlakatla.com built by Thomas Edison himself. n 222 5th Ave, Stewart, BC, (888)
The Le Sha’as Tsimshian clan 366-5999. _ International Stewart
Located on Annette Island house is worth a visit to watch and Hyder Rodeo (2nd week in Jun),
southwest of Ketchikan, dance perfor mances and totem International Days (1st weekend in Jul).
Metlakatla was founded in 1887 carvers at work. There’s also a
by Scottish clergyman Father pleasant, short hike up Yellow Hill Isolated from the rest of Alaska
Duncan. After falling out with for great Inside Passage views. by a roadless range of moun-
the church in Old Metlakatla, tains, Hyder sits on the US
Canada, he fled to border at the end of Canada
Annette Island 3 Misty Fiords Route 37A. Despite the fact
with over 800 National that it works on Canadian time,
of his Tsimshian has a Canadian phone code,
fol lowers (see Monument and sends its children to
p27). In 1891, 22 miles (35 km) E of Ketchikan. Canadian schools, it enjoys
the US Congress Transport map F5. ~ charter a very Alaskan atmosphere.
Sign, Annette gave them float plane from Ketchikan. For visitors, the town is an
Island Reserve posses sion of the ∑ fs.usda.gov/tongass attraction in itself, with its his-
island. Because toric buildings and more bars
the Tsimshian rejected ANCSA Misty Fiords is a hidden gem, not per capita than any town in
in the early 1970s (see p60), they only because it is little-known Alaska. The scenic but rough
retained their sovereignty, and outside Southeast Alaska, but 25-mile- (40-km-) long Granduc
Annette Island is now Alaska’s also because it’s often hid den Road heads north from Hyder,
only Indian reservation, with in rain behind a bank of clouds. following the Salmon River past
an economy dependent on Characterized by wild fjords, old gold mines to a grand view
fishing and the timber industry. alpine lakes, roaring water-falls, of Salmon Glacier. The area also
Metlakatla’s main appeal rainforests, snowy peaks, and has a large number of brown
lies in its quiet, small-town soaring 3,000-ft (915-m) granite bears, and salmon crowd the
atmosphere. The Duncan cliffs, the site was first identified streams in summer.

The atmospheric Misty Fiords National Monument
For hotels and restaurants in this area see pp243–4 and pp253–4

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