KETCHIKAN Ketchikan, otherwise known as the Fist City, has a population of almost 14,000 and is on the southwest side of Revillagigedo Island, only 90 miles north of Prince Rubert. It is the first stop the ferry makes in Alaska so tourists pile off the boat for their first look at the north country, and rarely does Ketchikan disappoint them. The town grew around salmon canneries and sawmills. The first cannery was built in 1883, and at one time Ketchikan was proclaimed the “Salmon Capital of the World”, a title that reappeared in 1996 with a new welcome arch across Mission Street.


SEATTLE The Port of Seattle is a port district that runs Seattle’s seaport and airport. It was the 1990s that saw the Port emerge as a centre for the passenger cruise industry.


In 2005 it was the fifth largest container port in the US, and the 37th largest in the world. The port also runs Shilshole Bay Marina, Fishermen’s Terminal, Bell Harbor Marina and Harbor Island Marina. The port has two major cruise ship facilities, hosting over 750,000 cruise passengers.


SEWARD


Seward is a port town in the South coast of Alaska. The Sealife Centre can offer you a spectacular up close view of Alaska’s marine life, or you could choose to see them in their natural habitat with Major Marine Tours. Here you will be given the chance to see both the marine life and the glaciers in the surrounding area. If you’d prefer to stay on land you can take a tour of Exit Glacier where you can get up close to the glacier and learn how the glaciers re-shape.


SKAGWAY


Skagway (population of 800), a place of many names, much history and little rain, is the northern terminus of the Alaska Marine Highway. The town lies in the narrow plain of the Skagway River at the head of the Lynn Canal and, at one time or another, has been called Skaguay, Shkagway, and Gateway to the Golden Interior. It is known as the Home of the North Wind, and residents tell visitors that it blows so much here you will never breathe the same air twice. Skagway was known to thousands of hopeful gold rushers as the gateway to the gold fields. Although it boasted the shortest route to the Klondike, it was far from being the easiest. Over a hundred years ago, the White Pass route through the Coast Mountains and the shorter, but steeper, Chilkoot Trail were used by countless stampeders. The treacherous Chilkoot Trail, combined with the area’s cruel elements, left scores dead.


TRACY ARM Tracy Arm, like Glacier Bay, is another fjord in the southeast that features tidewater glaciers and steep 2000 foot granite walls that rise straight out of the water. This steep-sided fjord, 50 miles southeast of Juneau, is highlighted by a pair of tidewater glaciers and a gallery of icebergs that float down the length of it. This 30-mile arm was an ideal choice for novice kayakers as calm water is the norm here due to the protection the steep and narrow fjord wall provide. You are almost guaranteed of seeing seals inside the arm and there is a good possibility of spotting whales as you travel further along the arm.


VANCOUVER The Port of Vancouver encompasses 247 km of coastline extending from Point Roberts at the Canada-United States border through Burrard Inlet to Port Moody and Indian Arm. It has one of the world’s finest natural, deep-water harbours and is North America’s gateway for Asia-Pacific trade. The Port is home to for the Vancouver- Alaska cruise, a premier route where passengers experience the natural beauty of the glaciers, mountains, wildlife and culture of America’s last frontier. The two main cruise terminals Canada Place and Ballantyne are just 30 minutes from Vancouver International Airport.


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