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Ferry services include weekly Friday departures and arrivals on the state-run Alaska Marine Highway System. [3] There is also an additional summer ferry on alternating Saturdays. Alaska-bound ferries also stop in Prince Rupert, British Columbia, providing a direct link between the lower 48 states and northern British Columbia. [4] [5]
The forerunner to the Alaska Marine Highway was the Chilkoot Motorship Lines, [6] founded in 1948 by Haines residents Steve Homer and Ray Gelotte. [2] The company used a converted LCT-Mark VI landing craft, christened the MV Chilkoot. [1]
Ferry Terminal Road — Auke Bay Ferry Terminal: Alaska Marine Highway: 39.01: 62.78: Dead end: Beyond Echo Cove access; northern terminus of Glacier Highway: Gap in route : Haines: Haines: 0.00: 0.00: Front Street to Haines Ferry Terminal: To Alaska Marine Highway; southern terminus of Haines Highway: Canada–United States border: 39.7: 63.9
The state of Alaska issued a request for proposals for the design of a Metlakatla ferry on May 30, 2000. [5] The Alaska Legislature appropriated $3 million for a new ferry and $880,000 for a new ferry terminal for it to dock at as part of the state's 2001 budget. [6] Lituya was designed by Coastwise Engineering [7] of Juneau
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.
Pages in category "Alaska Marine Highway" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. ... Homer Ferry Terminal; K. Ketchikan Ferry Terminal; P.
It was the first Alaska-class ferry and the largest vessel ever built in the state. [12] It was launched on May 16, 2018, with little fanfare. [13] The public ceremony came on August 11, 2018, when Tazlina was christened in Ketchikan by former Alaska First Lady Donna Walker. [14] All Alaska Marine Highway Ferries are named after glaciers.
Alaska has a well-developed ferry system, known as the Alaska Marine Highway, which serves the cities in Southeast and Southcentral Alaska as well as in the Alaska Peninsula. The system also operates a ferry service from Bellingham, Washington and Prince Rupert, British Columbia in Canada up the Inside Passage to Skagway.