Icy Strait Point (Hoonah), Alaska, USA: What This Port Is About (Short)

Icy Strait Point is the only privately owned cruise destination in Alaska — owned by the Huna Tlingit people themselves through their village corporation, Huna Totem. No tender boats here: your ship ties up at one of two floating docks on Chichagof Island, right at the restored 1912 Hoonah Packing Company salmon cannery. This is what this port is about: where your ship docks, the Native-owned story behind it, the Huna Tlingit story, the cannery that started it all and what is inside it today, whale watching at Point Adolphus, bear country, the world's largest ZipRider, the gondolas and the mountain top, the working fishing water, the village of Hoonah itself, eating at the port, the weather and what to wear, and how to spend your one day in port, hour by hour. Chapters: Your Ship Docks Here A Native-Owned Port The Huna Tlingit Story The Cannery That Started It All Inside the Cannery Today The Water Is the Show Bear Country The ZipRider The Gondolas and the Mountain Top Fishing, the Working Water Hoonah Itself Eating at the Port Weather, What to Wear, and Getting Around One Day in Port, Hour by Hour The Forest Itself The Strait Through the Seasons How to Be a Good Guest Here If You Come Back on Your Own What This Port Is About Book a reading: https://www.etsy.com/shop/LoveyKnows For bookings and inquiries: loveysays@gmail.com