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Hoonah, Alaska 99829
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Part of the cannery museum
Hoonah Packing Company Cannery openen in 1912 as a salmon cannery
Inside the restored cannery
Salmon cannery history
Much of the restored cannery building now contains shops
Looking across from the restaurant deck
We learned the five types of salmon often from various guides
John heads to the deck area
Remains of some of the former piers at the cannery business
A surviving pier
Life abounds
Lone support
Looking towards the few private residences on teh site
To the left is the deck for the restaurant
This was the ladder to and from the 'beach'
Part of the old cannery
Atmosphere at the cannery
1953 was the last year that Icy Strait Salmon Company operated as a full-fledged canning operation then it became a maintenance base for the salmon fishing fleet
Some of the labels from the former cannery
There are still a few private residences on site
Weathered wood
"Keet" is the Tlingit word for orca, and at Icy Strait Point, Alaska, it refers to a large bronze sculpture of an orca created by artist Robert Wyland and gifted to the Huna Totem Corporation
Kéet Plaza sign
There is a second gondola system from the base of the mountain to the cannery site
Visiting the historic site
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