Totem Bight State Historical Park

Parks Directory of the United States / State Parks / Alaska

Location:North of Ketchikan, at milepost 10 on North Tongass Road.
Facilities:Historical features, trails, toilets, drinking water (é).
Special Features:In the 1930s the US Forest Service hired skilled carvers among Native Americans to salvage and reconstruct the native totem poles that had been left to rot when Natives moved to non-Native settlements to find work. The fragments of old poles were laid beside freshly-cut cedar logs, and every attempt was made to copy them traditionally. By the end of World War II, 14 totem poles and a clanhouse, or community house, were in place and are now preserved at the Totem Bight site.
Address:c/o Southeast Area Office
400 Willoughby Ave, 4th Fl
Juneau, AK 99801
Phone:907-465-4563
Web: www.dnr.state.ak.us/parks/units/totembgh.htm
Size: 33 acres.

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Silent Storytellers of Totem Bight State Historical Park

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Weathered and worn, these poles take visitor back to the period of first contact between American missionaries and explorers and Alaska's native cultures, Just north of town, Totem Bight State Historical Park features totem poles in a waterfront setting.

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Totem Bight State Historical Park. At thisbayside replica of a coastal Indian village, 14 poles and carvings as well as a dimly lit clan house line a 1/4-mile trail at the edge of Tongass Narrown.

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