Editing Thorne Bay, Alaska (section)

== History and culture ==
Thorne Bay originally began as a large [[logging camp]] for the [[Ketchikan Pulp Company]] in 1960 that was originally located in [[Hollis, Alaska|Hollis]]. Being a floating camp at the time, most Hollis residents resided in float houses.  In the 1960s and 1970s it was the largest logging camp in [[North America]] and was host to over 1500 residents at its peak. It became a second-class city in 1982 and in 2001 the logging company pulled out having been a victim of breach of contract from the U.S. Forest Service. {{citation needed|date=November 2016}} The U.S. Forest Service signed a fifty-year contract in 1954 guaranteeing {{convert|150|e6board foot|e3m3|abbr=unit|lk=on}} per year for the pulp mill and sawmills in Ketchikan. {{citation needed|date=November 2016}} By 1990 that figure was down to approximately {{convert|50|e6board foot|e3m3|abbr=unit}} per year. Currently Thorne Bay features many seasonal residents and an employment sector based primarily in [[United States Forest Service|Forest Service]] and public education.