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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. Some say it means "the river belonging to Kitschk"; other accounts claim it means "Thundering Wings of an Eagle."

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