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Keith Knighten

Keith Knighten was born in Oregon in 1929, and came to Seward, Alaska in 1965 with the U.S. Coast Guard. He married his wife, Dorothy, in 1948, and they had two sons. Retiring after twenty years of service in the Navy and Coast Guard, Keith settled in Seward and worked as a charter boat operator, started a booking agent business, and flew commercially for Harbor Air, a local flying service. Keith flew all over the Kenai Peninsula and in all kinds of conditions, whether it was taking hunters to remote locations or dropping recreationists off on the Harding Icefield. Keith was one of the people who flew clients onto the Harding Icefield for Arley Zimmerman's snowmachine tour operation in 1969 and 1970. Keith was active in the Resurrection Bay Historical Society. Keith Knighten passed away in August 2018.

Date of Birth:

Jun 11, 1929

Date of Death:

Aug 22, 2018

Keith Knighten appears in the following new Jukebox projects:

Exit Glacier, Kenai Fjords National Park

Keith Knighten's Slideshow

Interview Title	Abstract	Archive #: Oral History	Project	Date of Interview
Keith Knighten, Part 1	Keith Knighten was interviewed on August 7, 2010 by Rachel Mason, Shannon Kovac and Karen Brewster at the offices of Kenai Fjords National Park in Seward, Alaska. In this interview, Keith talks about his childhood, becoming a pilot, working for the Coast Guard, flying adventures and crashes, the challenges of flying in the Seward area, changes in Seward, and activities at Nuka Bay. He talks about hunting in the Exit Glacier area, flying clients in and out of the area, snowmachine tourism on the glacier, the road to the glacier, and his thoughts on the establishment of Kenai Fjords National Park.	2010-05-13_PT.1	Exit Glacier, Kenai Fjords National Park	Aug 7, 2010
Keith Knighten, Part 2	This is a continuation of an interview with Keith Knighten by Rachel Mason, Shannon Kovac and Karen Brewster on August 7, 2010 at the offices of Kenai Fjords National Park in Seward, Alaska. In this part of the interview, Keith talks more about flying around the Seward and Kenai Fjords National Park area, the mine and airstrip at Nuka Bay, and being a bus driver for Dan Seavey's tour bus operation.	2010-05-13_PT.2	Exit Glacier, Kenai Fjords National Park	Aug 7, 2010