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Houses built on pilings above Hammer Slough in Petersburg
8 Petersburg mountain views that include Park features a statue of Bojer
the precipitous Devil’s Thumb, Wikan, a local fish er man lost
32 miles (51 km) N of Ketchikan.
Transport map F5. * 3,000. ~ towering at 9,077 ft (2,767 m) at sea. The replica Viking ship
from Ketchikan, Wrangell & Juneau. and straddling the Canadian Valhalla, used in the Little
g from Ketchikan, Sitka, Wrangell, & border about 40 miles (64 km) Norway Festival, is kept here.
Juneau. n 1st & Fram St, 772-4636. away. The major attractions The street also has a pleasant
_ Little Norway Festival (weekend for visitors are the beautiful café and bookshop.
nearest May 17). ∑ petersburg.org hinterlands of Mitkof Island and
neigh boring Kupreanof Island, E Clausen Memorial
Named for Norwegian settler which offer superb hik ing, Museum
Peter Buschmann, Petersburg camping, fishing, boating, 203 Fram St. Tel 772-3598.
nestles on sheltered Mitkof and kayaking. Open May–early Sep: 10am–
Island beside a calm sea. 5pm Mon–Sat. Closed public
Buschmann, who arrived to P Sing Lee Alley holidays. & = ∑ clausen
homestead in the area in 1890, Built on pilings above museum.com
initiated the develop ment of Hammer Slough, The compact Clausen
the town. By 1900, realizing this picturesque Memorial Museum
that glacier ice could be used board walk is one of showcases the history
to preserve fish, he set up the Petersburg’s oldest and culture of the
Icy Strait Packing Company historic streets. At Petersburg and
cannery. By the 1920s, jobs No. 23, the distinc tive Kupreanof Island area.
created by the town’s busi- Sons of Norway Hall, Bojer Wikan statue, Besides a replica of a
nesses had attracted over 600 built by Norwegian Sing Lee Alley 1970s-era fish packer’s
people. Petersburg now has immi grants in 1912, office, it features a fish
crab, shrimp, salmon, and has graceful decora tive scroll trap, a collection of old nautical
herring fisheries, as well as paint ings called rosemaling on and fishing gear, and a Tlingit
Alaska’s largest halibut fleet. its facade. The adjacent Bojer dugout canoe. The most
Petersburg enjoys spectacular Wikan Fishermen’s Memorial popular exhibit, however,
representing every angler’s
dream, is the 125-lb (56-kg)
stuffed king salmon.

9 Mitkof Highway
Transport map F5. n 12 N Nordic
Dr, 772-3871.  ∑ fs.fed.us/r10/
tongass/districts/petersburg
The scenic Mitkof Highway
follows the coastline from
Petersburg to the southern end
of Mitkof Island. At Mile 14.5,
Sons of Norway Hall with the Viking ship Valhalla, Sing Lee Alley a lovely boardwalk trail crosses
For hotels and restaurants in this area see pp243–4 and pp253–4

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