Fluidr / peggyhr's "Alaskan Cruise 2015" set

Former red-light district (Creek Street), Ketchikan, Alaska (+ 1 more)

A Sony HX50V — 1/800s ƒ/3.5 ISO 80 at 4.3 mm

N 34 B 1.9K C 53 E May 14, 2015 F Jun 4, 2015

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Happy Fence Friday!

Ketchikan is the southeasternmost city in Alaska.

Ketchikan is named after Ketchikan Creek, which flows through the town, emptying into the Tongass Narrows a short distance southeast of its downtown. "Ketchikan" comes from the Tlingit name for the creek, Kitschk-hin, the meaning of which is unclear. It may mean "the river belonging to Kitschk"; other accounts claim it means "Thundering Wings of an Eagle".[11] In modern Tlingit this name is rendered as Kichx̱áan.[12] Ketchikan Creek served as a summer fishing camp for Tlingit natives for untold years before the town was established by Mike Martin in 1885. The area near the mouth of Ketchikan Creek later earned Ketchikan a measure of infamy during the first half of the 20th century for a red-light district known as Creek Street, with brothels aligned on either side of the creek. Wikipedia

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An Alaskan sunrise