King's Landing at Ship Creek

The tall, rusted steel framework of the Ship Creek tide gate stands as the primary marker for King’s Landing. This structure was designed to manage the extreme tidal swings of the Knik Arm, allowing the city to control water levels in the creek basin. Engineers built it to protect the area from the powerful Alaskan tides that rise and fall over thirty feet. The gate operator, a local named Bill, spent decades manually adjusting these massive iron sluices whenever the moon pulled the water in.