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Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan Census Area
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Communities [populations in brackets]: |
| Annette |
Bell Island Hot Springs |
| Cape Pole |
Coffman Cove [199] |
| Craig [1,397] |
Edna Bay [49] |
| Hadley |
Hollis [139] |
| Hydaburg [382] |
Hyder [97] |
| Kasaan [39] |
Klawock [854] |
| Metlakatla [1,375] |
Meyers Chuck [21] |
| Naukati [135] |
Point Baker [35] |
| Port Protection [63] |
Salt Chuck |
| Thorne Bay [557] |
Waterfall |
| Whale Pass [58] |
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Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan Census Area lies at the
southern end of the Alaska panhandle, in the heavily forested Southeast
region of Alaska. It encompasses 7,411 square miles of acreage on
three pieces of land - two islands (Prince of Wales and Annette), and part
of the coastal range to the islands' east.
Annette Island is located across from the Alaska mainland on the east and across
from Revillagigedo Island on the north. The largest settlement on the island is Metlakatla,
the only federally recognized Indian reservation in Alaska.
Around 1887, Reverend William Duncan brought 1,000 Tsimshian followers from Metlakatla in British Columbia to Annette Island.
On land obtained through a congressional grant he built a new Metlakatla,
designed to make the Natives self-sufficient. They were taught trades such
as carpentry, seamanship, and boat-building, built their own sawmills and
a cannery, and engaged in other enterprises.
Prince of Wales Island is the third largest island under the American flag, second
largest in Alaska Hawaii and Kodiak are larger). The Island was originally inhabited by Tlingit and Haida
Tribes for centuries before Spanish explorers first came in the 1770's,
naming many of the surrounding islands, inlets, and waterways. Captain
George Vancouver, a British chart-maker, explored the area in the late
18th century, and named the Island in 1793 for George, Prince of Wales,
who would be crowned King George IV in 1821.
Russian occupation in the
19th century and phonetic rendering of original Tlingit names account for
the names of many other islands, towns, and waterways in Southeast Alaska.
The population in 2000 was 6,146.
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