Visitor guide
8 places · checked Oct 16, 2026Saxman, at your fingertips.
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Know before you go to Saxman
Getting there
- Connected to Ketchikan, about two miles north, by the South Tongass Highway; boat moorage, air travel, state ferry service and health care are in Ketchikan, and borough buses serve the city. (seconference.org · checked Oct 16, 2026)
- City-operated seaport on Tongass Narrows offering moorage and a launch ramp, built around a 1967 rail-barge terminal that still handles regional cargo. saxman.gov: moorage openings and rates by phone, application posted. (saxman.gov · checked Oct 16, 2026)
Local government
- Offices of Saxman's second-class city government, which runs water and sewer, building rentals and the seaport. saxman.gov: city clerk Ginger R. McCormick; incorporated 1929; mailing Route 2 Box 1, Ketchikan; fax (907) 225-6450. Site notes Canoe Journey to Saxman planned for 2027. (saxman.gov · checked Oct 16, 2026)
- Tribal office of Saxman's federally recognized tribe, organized under the Indian Reorganization Act in 1940-41. BIA tribal directory: physical 2706 S Tongass Hwy, mail Route 2 Box 2, fax (907) 247-2504, president Joe Williams Jr. (directory can lag). NARF NILL lists same contacts. (bia.gov · checked Oct 16, 2026)
Good to know
- 387 residents per the 2025 DCCED certified population (Alaska DCRA community database); Ketchikan Gateway Borough, second-class city. (maps.commerce.alaska.gov · checked Oct 16, 2026)
- City-operated piped water (dammed reservoir, 128,000-gallon tank) and sewer; electricity from Ketchikan Public Utilities; private trash collection hauled to the Ketchikan landfill - per the Southeast Conference profile, whose utility data is roughly 2010 vintage. (seconference.org · checked Oct 16, 2026)
- DCRA lists Saxman as a second-class city (incorporated 1929) whose federally recognized tribe is the Organized Village of Saxman; Cape Fox Corporation is the ANCSA village corporation. (maps.commerce.alaska.gov · checked Oct 16, 2026)
- Headquarters of Saxman's ANCSA village corporation, formed in 1973, whose businesses span tourism, hospitality and federal contracting. capefoxcorp.com: est. 1973 under ANCSA, ~400 shareholders, 23,040 acres in the Tongass; timber-era revenue shifted to tourism, real estate, federal contracting. (capefoxcorp.com · checked Oct 16, 2026)
- Ketchikan Gateway Borough School District elementary on the south end of the island, serving Saxman-area families. School page: KGBSD campus on south Revillagigedo near Saxman; grade range stated inconsistently (PreK-6 vs PreK-3); whether it sits inside Saxman city limits is not stated - flagged. (fme.kgbsd.org · checked Oct 16, 2026)
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