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Waterfall, Alaska
Waterfall
is an
Unincorporated community
on the
west coast
of
Prince of Wales Island
in
Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska
,
United States
,
approximately
west of
Ketchikan
. The
primary industry
was
Waterfall Cannery
, built in 1912 as a
salmon
processing
facility. The cannery
closed in
1973
and was
renovated
into the
Waterfall Resort
, a
sport fishing
lodge.
Waterfall is not connected to the island's
road system
;
visitors
to the
resort
arrive
by
floatplane
from Ketchikan.