Hoonah alaska

As we were walking the trails at Icy Strait Point friends were talking about taking the shuttle into the town of Hoonah. I didn't know anything about Hoonah, but for $5 we could take the round trip shuttle. Five dollars sounded like a great deal!

Icy Strait Point is Alaska Native owned-and-operated. All profits directly support the community of Hoonah…Alaska’s largest Native Tlingit village. The dedicated staff….many who call Ho…

The second stop on our northbound adventure was a little port called Icy Strait Point. The cruise ship drops anchor in the harbor and its a short tender ride to the dock. Icy Strait Point consists more or less of the historic Hoonah Packing Company, which was operated as a salmon cannery from 1912 until the 1990's. Now it is the only privately owned cruise ship destination in the US and they only allow one cruise ship in at a time, which means there are far fewer people to contend with than…

Heading to Hoonah / Icy Strait?? Surround yourself with the largest sum­mer pop­u­la­tions of hump­back whales found in Alas­ka with small group tours that are 3.5 hrs long. Visit https://www.alaska.org/destination/hoonah-icy-strait/shore-excursions to learn more! #youneedalaska #bestofalaska #hoonah #hoonahalaska #hoonahtours #alaskacruise #alaska2022

The advent of refrigerated ships radically changed the fish and seafood processing industry, leaving dozens of isolated and uneconomical canneries behind. - Page 3

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A pod of three transient orcas near Icy Strait Point in Hoonah, AK. . . . #alaska #orca #whale #hoonah #icystraitpoint

Sunrise around Hoonah in Southeast AK from last fall, Viliame Kaulotu

Title from accompanying materials. Man on steps of house which has panel with Tlingit designs running up center of house. Taax’ Hít (Snail House), Hoonah. Identification courtesy of Harold Jacobs.