Saxman Totem Park

Saxman Totem Park
Location South Tongass Highway, Saxman, Alaska
Coordinates 55°19′11″N 131°35′41″W / 55.31972°N 131.59472°W / 55.31972; -131.59472Coordinates: 55°19′11″N 131°35′41″W / 55.31972°N 131.59472°W / 55.31972; -131.59472
Area 5 acres (2.0 ha)
Built 1939 (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

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "NRHP nomination for Saxman Totem Park" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2014-10-19.


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