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Metlakatla, Alaska (Captioned "New Metlakahtla"), 1890s

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Chief's residence, Howkan

Captioned "The chief's residence at Kaigan, showing totem poles". A house with horizontal siding and glass windows, two totem poles. The original sketch or photograph from which this engraving was made was probably by Scidmore, 1883. Scidmore's text makes it clear that this location was Howkan on Long Island, Cordova Bay, Alaska and that the original village of Kaigahnee, as she spells it, was a different place "many miles distant"; she says that the traders called the present village "Kaigahne

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Totem poles at Howkan

Captioned "Totem poles at Kaigan or Howkan ". A house with horizontal siding and glass windows, totem poles, a bell on a pole tower, and two fishing canoes. Scidmore's text makes it clear that this location was Howkan on Long Island, Cordova Bay, Alaska and that the original village of Kaigahnee, as she spells it, was a different place "many miles distant"; she says that the traders called the present village Kaigahnee more often than Howkan. From her description this is the house of Chief Skolk

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Alaska - Wrangell - NARA - 23942649

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IFA Ferry MV Stikine

Inter-island Ferry Authority ferry M/V Stikine arriving in Wrangell, Alaska. Type: Ferry (RORO) Built by Dakota Creek, Anacortes, United States Yard No: 48 Date of completion: 04.06 Length overall: 60.4 m Beam: 15.5 m Tons: 2334

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Shakes Island

My own photograph (Sarah Hurst/BeringStrait)

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Shakes glacier in southeast Alaska

Image title: Shakes glacier in southeast Alaska Image from Public domain images website, http://www.public-domain-image.com/full-image/nature-landscapes-public-domain-images-pictures/glaciers-public-domain-images-pictures/shakes-glacier-in-southeast-alaska.jpg.html

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Wrangell, Alaska by LaRoche, c1897

Bird's-eye view of town and harbor of Wrangell, Alaska, ca. 1897.

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Wrangell Alaska Airlines Combi

Alaska Airlines 737-200 (N742AS) combi with passengers boarding in Wrangell, Alaska.

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Wrangell Commercial Fishing Boats

Commercial fishing boats unloading at Wrangell Harbor in Wrangell, Alaska.

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Wrangell Elephants Nose

The “Elephant’s Nose” point on Woronofski Island as seen from Wrangell, Alaska.

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Wrangell Ferry MV Matanuska

Alaska State Ferry M/V Matanuska departing Wrangell, Alaska. IMO Number: 5228827 MMSI Number: 338195000 Callsign: WN4201 Length: 124 m Beam: 22 m

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Wrangell downtown

Downtown Wrangell, Alaska, looking north along Front Street by the Diamond “C” Cafe.

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