During my trip to Alaska we took a short float plane flight outside the city of Ketchikan to this river. The bears frequent it during the late summer because of all the salmon swimming up the stream. There were so many bears around in fact, that our guide was carrying a gun. Nope, I'm not kidding. :P A little frightening but still worth it to watch the bears feeding. During the hour or so that we were there, about five different bears came out to eat in the river.
Ketchikan is located on the Pacific south coast of Alaska (beside British Columbia, Canada). Its claim to fame is that it has the largest number of standing totem poles. It is also referred to as the "Salmon capital of the world".
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