Saxman Totem Park

Saxman Totem Park
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Alaska Heritage Resources Survey
Location	2660 Killer Whale Avenue, Saxman, Alaska
Coordinates	55°19′11″N 131°35′47″W / 55.31972°N 131.59639°W / 55.31972; -131.59639Coordinates: 55°19′11″N 131°35′47″W / 55.31972°N 131.59639°W / 55.31972; -131.59639
Area	5 acres (2.0 ha)
Built	1939 (1939)
NRHP Reference #	79003758
AHRS #	KET-060
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	August 7, 1979
Designated AHRS	March 9, 1977

Saxman Totem Park is a public park in the city of Saxman, Alaska, just south of Ketchikan in southeastern Alaska. The park is home to a collection of totem poles, some of which are old poles relocated to this place from abandoned Tlingit villages in the region, or were reconstructed by skilled Tlingit carvers under the auspices of the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930s. The poles originated in the communities of Old Tongass, Cat Island, Village Island, Pennock Island, and Fox Village. One of the carved items recovered from abandoned villages is a marble statue of a grizzly bear. The park was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.