Icy Strait Point is the site of a salmon canning operation which was founded in 1912 so has been an important part of the community for over 100 years. The cannery shut down in 1953 and the site was used for maintenance and support of the fishing fleet. In 1990 the site was purchased by the local Indians and the cruise dock was developed. The old cannery buildings have been largely made over into shops and restaurants though one area contains an exhibit of the old machinery that shows the salmon canning process. In the Indian village we saw a completed totem pole that will be installed in Glacier Bay National Monument later this month that tells the history of the Tlingit people. Three carvers worked 7 months to create it.
Welcome to Icy Strait Point and Hoonah
Museum and gift shop would be more accurate.
One of the old cannery buildings.
Retired
A native American craftsman describes the completed totem pole.
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