Ketchikan’s Waterfront - Connecting the City The 1.3 mile waterfront boardwalk has long been a vision for Ketchikan. Considered by many residents to be the most important element of the City’s character and heritage. It is of utmost importance to protect and enhance the beauty and vitality of the waterfront. It is our front porch where we welcome more than a million visitors each year to our community. After the ships leave each day, and after our tourism season ends, it is there for us to ...