11 Amazing Things You MUST Do in Ketchikan, Alaska

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Ketchikan is a gem of Southeast Alaska. This quaint coastal town is packed with things to do, see, and experience. Come explore Ketchikan, learning about its history and culture along the way.
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@ArtWeThereYet 24 күн бұрын

🎉POLL TIME! Could you live in a town only accessible by boat or plane?

@alfredodejuan390 23 күн бұрын

It depends of how easy were to reach a hospital or a pharmacy just in case. No more problem on living alone.

@georgemartin5481 23 күн бұрын

Probably not Cora as I'm a lifelong motorcyclist and would greatly miss my boy toy!

@healerondemand3464 21 күн бұрын

Yes I could.

@andybrinkmoeller4322 20 күн бұрын

Nope. Not full time.

@FOGGYlama123 11 күн бұрын

@@alfredodejuan390 she said town not cabin and in Ketchikan we do obviously have a hospital

@mRzClArK719 23 күн бұрын

We just moved to Alaska and I use your videos as a guide for trips. Thank you for all you do!

@ArtWeThereYet 23 күн бұрын

Oh gosh, that is awesome! So happy the videos are helping you enjoy your new home! Yippee!

@musttrust 23 күн бұрын

Great video. One of my favorite places I have visited. Ketchikan has some of the freshest air in the world.

@JaguarLandRoverFan 23 күн бұрын

👍🏻

@ArtWeThereYet 23 күн бұрын

One of our favorite places too!

@andybrinkmoeller4322 20 күн бұрын

My wife and I have been absolutely captivated by your journey, and we feel as though we have vicariously lived it with you. Thank you so much for this. Your vision and bold spirit are both inspiring and mesmerizing. Your narration is poetry, and your vision makes a two dimensional video spring into reality in our living room. We lost ourselves in the moment - rarely if ever has a KZfaq video had such a visceral impact. We wish you peace, happiness, and a life full of smiles and love. In gratitude.

@ArtWeThereYet 17 күн бұрын

Andy, words and feedback like this are all an artist ever wants to hear. Thank you so much for taking the time to send us this kind note. It means everything and is fuel to keep going! -C & J

@victorchen5663 16 күн бұрын

I live in Ketchikan, so neat seeing an outsider's perspective, you made our little town look much more interesting than it feels to locals like me ha ha. Thanks for the flattering video.

@ArtWeThereYet 5 күн бұрын

Aw, thank you. We really did enjoy our time in your town!

@sunna9076 23 күн бұрын

Was glad I got the opportunity to meet you two at the village store. Thank you for sharing a bit of our culture and history. Gunalchéesh ❤️🖤

@ArtWeThereYet 23 күн бұрын

Hiiiii!!!! Oh we are so happy you like how it turned out. ❤️❤️❤️

@georgemartin5481 23 күн бұрын

Cora and Jose' thanks so much for expanding our exposure to Ketchikan. Cindy and I stopped by briefly on our Alaskan cruise last year. Did I hear eagles on your Rainbird trail hike? I did have the time to enjoy a walk on Creek Street 👍

@ArtWeThereYet 23 күн бұрын

So happy you enjoyed it, Martin! Yep - the eagles starting singing away when we were up there. It was awesome.

@marthakratchman448 23 күн бұрын

Another great video! Ketchikan is such a special place ❤

@JaguarLandRoverFan 23 күн бұрын

👌🏼👌🏼

@ArtWeThereYet 23 күн бұрын

It really is!

@ramonag8496 23 күн бұрын

Such a cool place. Loved the video ☺️

@ArtWeThereYet 23 күн бұрын

Glad you enjoyed!

@dennyjill81 8 күн бұрын

We live in Ketchikan. So excited to watch this and see my grandaughter dancing at Saxman. 😊

@ArtWeThereYet 5 күн бұрын

Oh that's so cool! We really love your town!

@washingtonbob49 23 күн бұрын

Another fabulous KZfaq adventure! I absolutely love the video and still photography along with a superb sound track...simply world class. In 2022 I shared time with Master Carver Nathan Jackson in Saxman Village and I believe it was life changing for me and my artistic journey. Master Jackson encouraged my mixed media photography and gave me invaluable tips on color and composition. He is one of a kind and incredibly nice as well. Thank you for showing Ketchikan in such a favorable light...it is perhaps my favorite place to stay in all of Alaska.

@ArtWeThereYet 23 күн бұрын

Oh wow, that is amazing! We felt so lucky and surprised when he walked into the carving center. It was such an honor. It sounds like you felt the same when you met him!

@tomas5376 23 күн бұрын

Beautiful videography coupled to informative commentary! I’ve learned soooooooo much about Alaska from your trips. Gracias

@ArtWeThereYet 23 күн бұрын

That is the best feedback ever, cause that's exactly what we hope for!

@ericsmith9777 22 күн бұрын

This just gets better....... Having grown up on Canada's west coast in Victoria B.C., as a kid, I spent summers on my parents boat, traveling the west coast, including to Alaska. Definitely changed in 50 years. So cool to revisit. Thanks for taking us along. Looking forward to your next video, traveling the inside passage, having been there too ! Cheers, and thank you again.

@ArtWeThereYet 22 күн бұрын

Eric, thanks for taking the time to send this awesome message. Cheers to taking a trip down memory lane :)

@BJ_PLATZ 8 күн бұрын

Wow, you know that in every video you put out, I think I have to do THIS! Thank you for illuminating the magic trail.

@ArtWeThereYet 5 күн бұрын

Thanks for always being on the journey with us :)

@DarioushAryan 3 күн бұрын

Thanks for taking us along on your adventures

@user-mb9mo8ku8w 23 күн бұрын

Great video photography & presentation! 1st time here, now I'm hooked and will be checking out your other videos. Thanks!

@ArtWeThereYet 23 күн бұрын

Welcome aboard! 👋😀

@burninoutloud 23 күн бұрын

A great tour of the town video! You really got a feel for the atmosphere and pace of the area. I can imagine Jose Luis loved chatting with the artist/carver. Such a great experience over all.

@ArtWeThereYet 23 күн бұрын

Thanks Dave, we really did enjoyed this town! 🙂

@calledtojourney 23 күн бұрын

We were so bummed to miss seeing y'all in Ketchikan by just one day! We were blessed to have amazing weather though, and with a rented car, we drove from the northernmost to the southernmost ends of the pavement around town! There are so many incredible vistas and places to see, and you went to lots of great ones!

@ArtWeThereYet 22 күн бұрын

Yeah, that was a bummer. So awesome that you guys had a great time there, though!

@danielleIacono-poli 9 күн бұрын

You two make some of the best videos out there… always enjoyable and very educational, great job!

@ArtWeThereYet 9 күн бұрын

Aw that’s so kind. Thank you!

@Pegc1234 Күн бұрын

Love this video! We will coming to Ketchikan in September on a cruise and this video is soooo helpful! We won't have too much time so I'm trying to pick and choose what to do. We were thinking of attending the Lumberjack Show. I know it's a little touristy but it looks fun. We would love to hear your insights on this. Thanks!

@heartsong111 6 күн бұрын

Stunning camera work. ❤ I’ll be visiting in August. I can’t wait!

@ArtWeThereYet 5 күн бұрын

Thank you! And ooh have fun in Ketchikan, you will love it!

@JaguarLandRoverFan 23 күн бұрын

Great Video 👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼😊😊😊

@ArtWeThereYet 23 күн бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

@tacrewgirl 7 күн бұрын

Enjoying this Ketchikan video. We visited last year at the end of our cruise. I really like the Totem Heritage Center and walking on the boardwalk. We didn't do the Rainbird Trail but instead rented a car for day to hike the trails north of Ward Cove. You should've busted Hump Island Oyster Farm while there. Yum.

@ArtWeThereYet 5 күн бұрын

Ooh that must have been fun to hit up the trails by Ward Cove! Yes, it was difficult to narrow down our activities while there - so much to do, so little time!

@tacrewgirl 5 күн бұрын

@@ArtWeThereYet We spent 3 days in Ketchikan after our cruise to explore without feeling rushed but still could spend more time at the Totem museum.

@tompfeiffer2755 23 күн бұрын

Fantastic video!!

@ArtWeThereYet 22 күн бұрын

Thank you very much!

@clivebrooks8207 2 күн бұрын

Watch the bears under Creek Street board walk. Yes really, we saw one there on 19th July 2024.

@dianawoodward8148 8 күн бұрын

❤ Ketchikan

@ArtWeThereYet 5 күн бұрын

Us too!

@DLeadVox 23 күн бұрын

💛💛💛

@ArtWeThereYet 22 күн бұрын

Thanks for watching! 🙏

@rksnj6797 17 күн бұрын

Sadly cruise passengers really don't have enough time to enjoy the tow. Spending a few days, like you did, is a better way to go. Did you stop in to the Bawden Street Brewery across from where you stayed? The staff is very friendly and can give you some good tips on what to see, where to eat, etc. I used to live in Ketchikan and sorely miss it!!!

@ArtWeThereYet 5 күн бұрын

Agreed! A couple hours in town really doesn't cut it. We saw that brewery and wanted to stop in, but we were so swamped with our filming schedule + post production on past episodes, we just couldn't swing it :(

@FOGGYlama123 11 күн бұрын

2:09 we have around 12,000 there's areas like Saxman and the borough which are technically out of city limits but are the same community and pretty much same place a few more people live here if you count Pennec and Gravina which I would. 8:00 is 65 degrees considered cold in lower 48? also no local uses umbrellas you'll stick out and look gay "oh no the rain". 8:56 Tsimshian lived in Canada till the residents of Metlakatla originally in BC asked the US government for land so they could move out and they moved the entire village that's around how the story goes and the Haida had a tiny sliver of land the vast majority was Tlinget

@ArtWeThereYet 10 күн бұрын

You know, people spend thousands of dollars to come to your town, two weeks of full time work to produce a video that has nothing but beautiful things to say, a video that will (we hope) help support the tourism industry in your town…and all you have to share are criticisms? The 2020 census puts Ketchikan’s population at 8,168. Everyone understands the difference between city limits and population data and surroundings areas. Yes, 65 and rainy is cold to some people. Umbrellas are handy in the rain. And every gosh darn educational plaque in the Southeast lumps the Tsimshian, Haida, and Tlingit together when the focus of the content is to give broad brushstrokes, rather than a deeper dive into the history of each group. Maybe before jumping so quickly into criticism and then vocalizing it, you can think for a second about the people behind the work that you are judging. We aren’t some rich KZfaqrs just swinging our way around trying to make a buck off of communities that aren’t ours. We have made $100 off this video, and we barely scrape by every month from this channel. We are busting our butts trying to build a channel that takes people to places and helps them appreciate the beauty of places across the Americas. We chose Ketchikan to visit, and spent WEEKS researching, learning, planning, filming, editing. I don’t know, if someone chose my hometown and came and produced a video like this for it…I’d be flattered. Cora out.

@FOGGYlama123 10 күн бұрын

@@ArtWeThereYet I wasn't insulting and I was flattered I was just letting you know some more things bout the town but the fact that I only had to mention 2 mins out of 30 means you did a good job