Sights in Cordova
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Small-Boat Harbor
In Cordova, the standard greeting among locals is 'Been fishing?' Unsurprisingly, the harbor is the community's heart, humming throughout the season as fishers frantically try to meet their quota before the runs are closed. The fishing fleet is composed primarily of seiners and gillnetters, with the method used by the fishers determining the species of salmon they pursue. The former primarily target pink salmon, while the latter, generally one-person operations, go for kings and reds early in the season and silvers later on.
Watching over the hubbub is the Cordova Fisherman's Memorial, a quiet place dominated by artist Joan Bugbee Jackson's sculpture The Southeasterly (19…
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Prime Select Seafoods
Every summer, Cordova's population swells with youths hoping to make a mint canning salmon on 30-hour shifts. Whether you're curious about the effects of sleep deprivation on adventurous teenagers or just want to see how some of the finest salmon in the world is processed, ask at the chamber of commerce about canneries offering tours. You can watch your own catch get processed at Prime Select Seafoods, a smaller-scale operation that packs salmon and ships it to your home.
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Prince William Sound Science Center
The dockside Prince William Sound Science Center has a few interpretive panels outside that, among other things, will help you untangle the fisherfolk's strange lingo, which is laced with words like 'openers,' 'IFQs' and 'sternpickers.' Inside there's not much for visitors save for an impressively enormous gray-whale skull suspended from the ceiling.
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Cordova Museum
The Cordova Museum has a small but intriguing collection that ranges from when the Russians arrived in the area to a heart-wrenching display on the Exxon Valdez oil spill. It will also store your pack during the day.
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Ilanka Cultural Center
The Ilanka Cultural Center has a small but high-quality collection of Alaska Native art.
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