Ketchikan was our first port stop and is the largest town on Revillagigedo Island with a population of 14,500. The airport is across the Tongass Narrows on Gravina Island. This was the place where the infamous "bridge to nowhere" was proposed. Gravina has about 50 families total. Ferry service is the highway to and from Gravina to Ketchikan. Ketchikan is the salmon capital of the world and was founded as a fishing camp and later supported mining and pulp manufacturing. The name is claimed to have come from "katch kanna" which literally translated says "spread wings of a thundering eagle".
The climate of Ketchikan is known as temperate rain forest with average precipitation of 13.5 feet per year. Rain, fog, and clouds are standard fare for this local. The natural beauty and vegetation is spectacular.
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