Village of Kasaan, ca. 1912

• Main Author: Thwaites, John E. (John Edward), 1863-1940
• Other Authors: University of Washington Libraries. Manuscripts, Special Collections, University Archives Division
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 1912
• Subjects: Kasaan (Alaska); Cities and towns > Alaska > Kasaan; Company stores > Alaska > Kasaan; Prince of Wales Island; Queen Charlotte; haida; Ketchikan; tlingit; Alaska
• Online Access: http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/thwaites/id/274

Caption on image: Native town, Kasaan, Alaska PH Coll 247.640 Kasaan is situated on the east side of Prince of Wales Island on Kasaan Bay, 30 miles northwest of Ketchikan. Originally Tlingit territory, Kasaan gets its name from the Tlingit word meaning "pretty town." Haidas migrated north...