Saxman Totem Park
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| Location | South Tongass Highway, Saxman, Alaska |
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| Coordinates | 55°19′11″N 131°35′41″W / 55.31972°N 131.59472°WCoordinates: 55°19′11″N 131°35′41″W / 55.31972°N 131.59472°W |
| Area | 5 acres (2.0 ha) |
| Built | 1939 |
| NRHP Reference # | 79003758[1] |
| Added to NRHP | August 7, 1979 |
Saxman Totem Park is a public park in the city of Saxman, Alaska, just south of Ketchikan in southeastern Alaska. The park is home to a collection of totem poles, some of which are old poles relocated to this place from abandoned Tlingit villages in the region, or were reconstructed by skilled Tlingit carvers under the auspices of the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930s. The poles originated in the communities of Old Tongass, Cat Island, Village Island, Pennock Island, and Fox Village. One of the carved items recovered from abandoned villages is a marble statue of a grizzly bear.[2] The park was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]
List of totem poles and house posts
- Sun and Raven
- Tired-Wolf House Posts
- The Beaver Posts
- The Blackfish Pole
- Klawak Blackfis Fin
- The Frog Tree
- Kats and his Bear Wife
- The Lincoln Totem
- Secretary of State Pole
- Raven Pole
External links
Media related to Saxman totem park at Wikimedia Commons
See also
- Totem Heritage Center in Ketchikan, which also has a collection of historic totem poles
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska
References
- 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ↑ "NRHP nomination for Saxman Totem Park" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2014-10-19.
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