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| Keywords: Village of Kasaan, ca 1912 (THWAITES 274).jpeg check categories 27 October 2016 2 Photograph Creator John E Thwaites Caption on image Native town Kasaan Alaska PH Coll 247 640<br/>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 from the Queen Charlotte Islands in the early 1700s to the Island and established the village now known as Old Kasaan 7 miles south on Skowl Arm In 1892 the Copper Queen mine camp sawmill post office and store were built on Kasaan Bay and the Haida people relocated to this new village In 1902 the first salmon cannery was constructed in Kasaan The cannery burned in 1907 1910 and again in 1911 but was rebuilt each season The cannery operated sporadically until 1953 During this time Kasaan had a school three stores a Presbyterian Church and other businesses Chief Sonihat built the Whale House a traditional long house which became the focus of the new Kasaan Totem Park established during the 1930s Many of the totems left from the old village site were moved to the park in 1938 Kavilco Inc the local village corporation purchased the old cannery buildings and property in 1974 and in 1980 removed the cannery buildings Remnants of the historical Karta River village and petroglyphs lie north of the city and the Old Tom Creek village and fort lie south of the city Subjects LCSH Kasaan Alaska ; Cities and towns--Alaska--Kasaan; Company stores--Alaska--Kasaan depicted place Kasaan Alaska ca 1912 Institution University of Washington UWASH-THWAITES-source accession number thwaites 274 PD-old-auto-1923 1940 Information field Order Number THW303 Images from the John E Thwaites Photographs of Alaska Collection to check Kasaan Alaska Company stores | ||||
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