ALASKAN CRUISE 2016 PART 3 – JUNEAU, SALMON STALKING IN KETCHIKAN

ALASKAN CRUISE 2016 PART 3 – JUNEAU, SALMON STALKING IN KETCHIKAN
This is the third part of my DSLR photographs from my family’s Alaska trip this past September. Part 1! Part 2! Most of these pics are from port. We visited another “historic” saloon, watched salmon swim upstream in Ketchikan, and visited the Totem Heritage Center.

So, in part 2 we just left the Mendenhall Glacier, time for some lunch at the Red Dog Saloon

The saloon was around during Juneau’s peak mining era

And now it’s a hardcore tourist restaurant – but there’s a live pianist and joyful vibes.

Wyatt Earp’s pistol

There was a shot called the “Duck Fart” so of course I made Zach get one

This hotel was built the year after Alaska became a territory of the US. And now it’s the oldest operating hotel in Alaska. We didn’t stay there, but just popped in and looked around.

Last street scenes from Juneau before hopping back on board the cruise ship.

Good morning! Our last port. Ketchikan.

Ketchikan! The name comes from the Tlingit name for the creek that runs through the town.

Southeast Alaska Discovery Center!

WHALE PARK! Cutest name.

Ketchikan Creek! You could see the salmon swimming upstream

Hey babies

My dad excited about the salmon

The salmon ladder! Helps the lil’ fishies swim upstream. Thousands of salmon swim through this creek every summer

Ladder

Salmon money shot

There’s dead fish all along the stream, imagine swimming for your life and hundreds of dead versions of you floating past…T_T

Totem Heritage Center

These totem poles (and more in sensitive atmosphere-controlled cases) were moved from Tlingit villages on Tongass Island and Village Island. Native elders gave the state permission to retrieve and study the poles.

There were a lot of great photographs near the delicate poles that show the context of where they were originally placed. Traditionally, totem poles were carved to honor important individuals, commemorate significant events, and to proclaim the lineage and social standing of their owners.

Gorgeous street scenes and atmosphere

Painted door

Passed through this area with historic markers everywhere. This green building was a Japanese grocer (and eventually home to a sneaky gambling hall). In 1942, his family was sent to an internment camp during WW2 (as were all the Japanese families in the community).

Ketchikan has a fraught history of racial segregation between whites and Native peoples. And Creek Street was a dividing line between the wealthy communities and lower-income ones.