The Ghost Town of View Cove, Dall Island, Alaska
Travel to View Cove
What is now the Ghost Town of View Cove on Dall Island, Alaska, located in South Eastern Alaska, about 45 miles west of Ketchikan, and about 6 miles southwest of Hydaburg, which is located on Prince of Wales Island. View Cove operated as a limestone quarry camp where crushed limestone was quarried and shipped to Seattle, WA where it was made into Portland Cement. It operated a an active quarry from about 1928 to about 1942 when it was shut down because of World War II.
Melvin and Manley Kjonaas Boarding a Float Biplane in Ketchikan, 1938.
In 1938 my brother, Melvin Kjonaas, and I traveled from Ketchikan to View Cove in a Bush Pilot's float biplane. The previous year, 1937, we had traveled from Ketchikan to View Cove on the weekly mail boat, which was an overnight trip around Cape Chacon..
The Bush Pilot's Float Plane, 1985
In 1985 our son, Wayne Kjonaas, and I hired a bush pilot to bring us from Ketchikan to View Cove and come back in three hours to pick us up.