Waterfall is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
on the west coast of
Prince of Wales Island in
Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area,
Alaska
Alaska ( ) is a non-contiguous U.S. state on the northwest extremity of North America. Part of the Western United States region, it is one of the two non-contiguous U.S. states, alongside Hawaii. Alaska is also considered to be the north ...
, United States, approximately west of
Ketchikan
Ketchikan ( ; ) is a city in and the borough seat of the Ketchikan Gateway Borough on Revillagigedo Island of Alaska. It is the state's southeasternmost major settlement. Downtown Ketchikan is a National Historic Landmark District.
With a po ...
. The primary industry was
Waterfall Cannery, built in 1912 as a
salmon
Salmon (; : salmon) are any of several list of commercially important fish species, commercially important species of euryhaline ray-finned fish from the genera ''Salmo'' and ''Oncorhynchus'' of the family (biology), family Salmonidae, native ...
processing facility. The cannery closed in 1973 and was renovated into the
Waterfall Resort, a
sport fishing
Recreational fishing, also called sport fishing or game fishing, is fishing for leisure, exercise or competition. It can be contrasted with commercial fishing, which is occupational fishing activities done for profit; or subsistence fishing, ...
lodge.
Waterfall is not connected to the island's road system; visitors to the resort arrive by
floatplane
A floatplane is a type of seaplane with one or more slender floats mounted under the fuselage to provide buoyancy. By contrast, a flying boat uses its fuselage for buoyancy. Either type of seaplane may also have landing gear suitable for land, ...
from Ketchikan.
References
External links
Waterfall Resort
Unincorporated communities in Alaska
Unincorporated communities in Prince of Wales – Hyder Census Area, Alaska
Unincorporated communities in Unorganized Borough, Alaska
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