Fishing boats in harbor, 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); Fishing boats > Alaska > Kasaan; Harbors > Alaska > Kasaan; Piers & wharves > Alaska > Kasaan; Kasaan Bay (Alaska); Prince of Wales Island; Queen Charlotte; haida; Ketchikan; tlingit; Alaska
• Online Access: http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/thwaites/id/275

Caption on image: Cannery craft, Kasaan, Alaska PH Coll 247.641 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 nort...