Waterfall Resort In Alaska Celebrates Local History By Raising Honorary Totem Poles
Waterfall Resort, an established sport fishing destination for almost 25 years, announces that this spring they will raise two honorary totem poles to celebrate historic ties to the Native Alaskan community
Ketchikan, Alaska (IPRWIRE) Mon, Feb. 19th, 2007 — In honor of its 25th anniversary this spring, Waterfall Resort in Southeast Alaska (www.waterfallresort.com/inm.html) will raise two totem poles carved by the grandson of a Haida chief who presented a totem pole to the Waterfall Cannery in 1937. In a unique tribute to Waterfall Resort’s historic ties to the Native Alaskan community, the Resort has commissioned the totem poles from Lee Wallace, who recently began carving the poles in Saxman Village, just south of Ketchikan, Alaska.