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Alaska, Ketchikan, Point Harrington
Ketchikan is named after Ketchikan Creek, which flows through the town. Ketchikan comes from the Tlingit name for the creek, Kitschk-hin, the meaning of which is unclear. It may mean the river belonging to Kitschk, other accounts claim it means Thundering Wings of an Eagle. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketchikan,_Alaska) |