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© 2002, Michael S. Queen Kasaan, Alaska USA
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Office Box KXA-Kasaan Ketchikan,
Alaska USA, 99950-0340 Phone: 907-542-2212 Fax: 907-542-2223 Email: cityofkasaan@starband.net
Kasaan, Alaska is located on Kasaan Bay, on the SW coast of the Kasaan Peninsula, Prince of Wales Island in the Alexander Archipelago of the Southeast Alaska Panhandle. The village was established in the late nineteenth century when a salmon-packing plant operated there. Haida Indians relocated to the area from “Old Kasaan,” on the Skowl Arm, and the post office, which was certified in 1900, was named for the old village. A Tlingit Indian name, Kasaan, derives from "Kasi-an," meaning "pretty town," and is pronounced "Gasa'n" by the Haida. Today, Kasaan is a Second-Class city with a population of 55.
Please visit these related sites: Prince of Wales Tribal Enterprise Consortium Prince of Wales Island Chamber of Commerce Alaska Community Database Detailed Community Information Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska Alaska Native Knowledge Network-Tlingit, Haida, Tsimshian Native American Genealogy-Alaska
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