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Chitina: A plywood fishwheel churns in the Copper River by the Copper River bridge at Chitina.
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Chitina: A Chitina fishwheel where you can see the small boardwalk connecting the wheel to the shore.
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Chitina: Mt. Blackburn looms above a group of fishwheels at Chitina, Alaska. (Photo, Neil Hannan)
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Chitina: Safety fencing around this Chitina fishwheel adds a degree of safety for the fisherman.
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Chitina: Fishwheels have a holding box on the side, to catch fish that slide into the baskets.
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Chitina: Fishwheels came to Alaska by way of the Columbia River. And before, that, from China.
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Chitina: Fishwheels with the Copper River bridge in the background.
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Chitina: A cooler-full of Copper River red salmon, caught in a fishwheel at Chitina.
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Chitina: The original Copper River people, the Ahtna Indians, used dipnets to catch salmon, which they smoked. Modern-day fishermen cut fish for freezing and canning.