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- Located at the northernmost reaches of the Alaska road system, Deadhorse and Prudhoe Bay sit on the coast of the Arctic Ocean at the heart of Alaska’s oil patch. Deadhorse is more of a work camp than a town in the traditional sense, located in the Prudhoe Bay area. It was established to support oil development in the surrounding area. Most buildings are modular, pre-fabricated types, situated on…Type: Landing Page
- St. Lawrence Island is a birder’s paradise located 164 miles west of Nome in the middle of the Bering Sea, about 36 miles east of Russia. The island is largely undeveloped and is home to about 1,400 people who live in the…Type: Landing Page
- Located just three miles off the Dalton Highway and near the boundary of Gates of the Arctic National Park, Wiseman…Type: Landing Page
- Angoon is located on the western side of Admiralty Island, a place known as “Kootznoowoo,” or the Fortress of the Bears. The island is home to the highest density of brown bears in North America. Located 55 miles southwest of …Type: Landing Page
- Beautiful, quaint, and out-of-the-way, Elfin Cove lies half hidden on the northern shore of Chichagof Island, 85 miles west of Juneau. Boardwalks connect buildings and homes in this community of less than 10 year-round residents that…Type: Landing Page
- On the eastern fringe of Misty Fjords National Monument, at the head of Portland Canal, is Hyder, a town that may be in Alaska but identifies more closely with its Canadian neighbors just across the border in Stewart, British Columbia.Even though…Type: Landing Page
- Kake is a beachfront village with a fishing, logging, and subsistence-based lifestyle that sits at the edge of the Tebenkof Bay Wilderness. Located 38 miles northwest of …Type: Landing Page
- The community of Metlakatla is located in the Inside Passage, about 20 miles south of Ketchikan on…Type: Landing Page
- Pelican was established as a salmon cannery town back in the late 1930s and it still proudly promotes the slogan it was given back then: “Closest to the fish!”Pelican is indeed close to the fish. Located on the northwest coast of Chichagof Island, 90 miles north of …Type: Landing Page
- At 140 miles long and more than 2,230 square miles, Prince of Wales Island is the fourth largest island in the United States. Located just a three-hour ferry ride from Ketchikan, Prince of Wales Island is a vast, rugged island home to…Type: Landing Page