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The M/V Columbia is a mainline ferry vessel for the Alaska Marine Highway System.. M/V Columbia at Bellingham Cruise Terminal. Constructed in 1974 by Lockheed Shipbuilding in Seattle, Washington, the M/V Columbia has been the flagship vessel for the Alaska ferry system for over 40 years.
British author Jonathan Raban described his journey by boat through the Inside Passage from Seattle to Juneau in his 1999 travelogue Passage to Juneau: A Sea and Its Meanings. In The Curve of Time (1961), Canadian travel writer M. Wylie Blanchet chronicled her travels by boat in the 1920s and 1930s with her five children throughout the Inside ...
The John O'Connell Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge over the Sitka Channel located in Sitka, Alaska. The bridge connects the town of Sitka on Baranof Island to the airport and Coast Guard Station on Japonski Island. Until the bridge was completed in 1971, the commute was only achievable through a ferry service.
A totem pole at Sitka National Historical Park. This area is the traditional homeland of the Tlingit, and home of a historic settling of Haida as well as a modern settlement of Tsimshian. The region is closely connected to Seattle and the American Pacific Northwest economically and culturally.
Marine architect W.C. Nickum of Seattle designed the sternwheeler, which was prefabricated in Seattle and put together at Nenana, Alaska, by Berg Shipbuilding Company. Nenana was built to serve as a packet. She could carry both passengers and freight. Nenana had accommodations for 48 passengers on her saloon deck. Up to 300 tons of freight ...
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Dirigo, built in 1898, sank on 16 November 1918 on a voyage from Cordova to Seattle. Alaska, built in 1889, was stranded and sank at Blunt's Reef off of California on 6 August 1921. Kennecott, built in 1921, wrecked at Hunters Point in 1923. Aleutian, built in 1898, sank off of Kodiak Island on 26 May 1929.
There are rail connections by barge between Whittier and the port of Seattle. The Alaska Railroad carries about 500 thousand passengers a year. [7] Most passengers use the Alaska Railroad for seasonal recreational use. [1] The Alaska Railroad offers one of the last flag stop routes in the country.