Cruise to Ketchikan (Ward Cove), Alaska

During the Yukon Gold Rush, Ketchikan, Alaska boomed with gold, silver, and copper mines. As a prominent port, many arriving prospectors would go to Ketchikan, Alaska and it was quickly dubbed "Alaska's First City." When the gold dried up, fishing became the city's main commerce with some 1.5 million cases of canned salmon exported yearly in the 1930s. Ketchikan had earned its new title: Salmon Capital of the World. Today, cruises to Ketchikan, Alaska entice travelers with its first frontier stories and truly awe-inspiring natural wonders waiting to be explored. Millions of salmon still churn through the creek every summer, passing by Alaska's largest collection of Native American totem poles, some of which are over 200 years old.