A history of Kasaan,
since 1976
Postcards, papers and photographs of Kasaan from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Kasaan is one of the main historical communities of the Kaigani Haida. It is the northernmost Haida settlement. It was established by the Haida in protohistoric times or earlier, as part of a migration across the Dixon Entrance, from Dadens and other villages of Langara Island, Haida Gwaii, to Dall Island and Prince of Wales Island.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish Kasaan’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewKasa-an [Kasaan] village.Alternat…, c. 1868: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people close to Kasaan
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Kasaan, decade by decade
![Kasa-an [Kasaan] village.Alternate Title: Popular Series](https://images.towntapestry.org/story/524/5f466a455dc93a6525ad-s.jpg)
1990s
1 historic place in Kasaan
1 place in Kasaan is on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Kasa-an [Kasaan] village.Alternate Title: Popular Series (c. 1868) and it appears here side by side.
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nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.