The processing of trees into pulp and lumber was for many years one of the two main employers in Ketchikan, the other being the fishing industry. The largest forest-industry employer, Ketchikan Pulp Company, closed in March 1997, and only a handful of the dozens of lumber mills that used to operate are still in business. Empty mill sites can be seen at several places along Tongass Narrows.

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