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The shorter routes are commonly referred to as "day boat" routes. The mainline routes carry a high percentage of tourists in the summer, and provide service between Bellingham, Washington, or Prince Rupert, British Columbia, and Skagway, Alaska. Along the way, the ships stop in Ketchikan, Wrangell, Petersburg, Sitka, Juneau, and Haines.
Alaska's portion of the Inside Passage extends 500 miles (800 km) from north to south and 100 miles (160 km) from east to west. The area encompasses 1,000 islands and thousands of coves and bays. While the Alexander Archipelago in Alaska provides some protection from the Pacific Ocean weather, much of the area experiences strong semi-diurnal tides.
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.
Sitka (Tlingit: Sheetʼká; Russian: Ситка) is a unified city-borough in the southeast portion of the U.S. state of Alaska.It was under Russian rule from 1799 to 1867. The city is situated on the west side of Baranof Island and the south half of Chichagof Island in the Alexander Archipelago of the Pacific Ocean (part of the Alaska Panhandle).
The MV Wickersham was a mainline ferry vessel for the Alaska Marine Highway. Wickersham was the second vessel, after the MV Chilkat, in the Alaska Marine Highway fleet to not have been constructed specifically for AMHS, but was rather acquired for from the Stena Line, where it was known as the Stena Britannica and served the Kiel, Germany–Gothenburg, Sweden route.
Mar. 23—Fuel spilled out from a tug boat near Sitka on Monday after it ran aground following a collision with a freight barge, leaving a sheen extending roughly 4 nautical miles. At about 2:55 a ...
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.
Stikine was the primary vessel because of her slightly greater capacity, with Prince of Wales acting as a replacement boat. One round trip per day was scheduled. The trip takes three hours each way to cover the 36 miles between Hollis and Ketchikan. In 2020 a one-way fare for an adult was about $50 and for a 16-foot car about $200. [20]