Alaska Coastal RoutesCaution.Those of us with a background in lake and river paddling, even those comfortable in big water, might reflect on whether we possess the knowledge, equipment and skills necessary to deal with the very different hazards associated with coastal paddling. A course or a guided trip might be a good idea before attempting any of the coastal Routes described in the links given below.
From what I've read, every responsible paddler carries a VHF radio and is well versed in its operation.
Sea Conditions Rating System, by Eric Soares:
http://site.netopia.com/tsunami/seacond ... ingsystem/Sea and Sea Kayak Paddler Ratings:
http://www.amc-ny.org/recreational-acti ... ings2.htmlOcean Canoeing; some basics: SGrant. Thoughtful, thorough article, followed by discussion; highly recommended.
http://www.myccr.com/SectionForums/view ... 10&t=24193Ed note: Please consult
Alaska Resources http://www.myccr.com/phpbbforum/viewtop ... 29&t=32395for
Coast Pilot and other information related to coastal paddling.
ALLAN:
Do counterclockwise sort of Coastal Route entries.
ALLAN:
Prepare ccw list of
Coastal features. Admiralty Island and Admiralty Island National Monument. Information.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Admiralty_Island http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Admiralty_ ... l_Monument http://friendsofadmiralty.org/ http://www.travelalaska.com/Destination ... ument.aspx http://www.lonelyplanet.com/usa/alaska/admiralty-island This entry was written by Allan Jacobs.
Admiralty Island circumnavigation. Online, Notes, Photos.
Location: Juneau.
Source: paddling.net
Author:
Umnak. Route description: Douglas, Point Arden, along Glass Peninsula to Point Hugh. One group: around Glass Peninsula, through Seymour Canal to Juneau, with detour to Baranof Warm Springs. Other group: Gambia Bay, Pybus, Frederick Sound, Point Gardner, Chatham Strait, Baranof Hot Springs, Baranof Island, Chichigof Island, Admiralty Island.
http://www.paddling.net/places/showReport.html?1880 This entry was written by Allan Jacobs.
Bering Sea. Nome. Online, Photo, Map.
Location: “Nome”.
Source: Every Trail.
Author:
sigmaeni. Route description (“7.3 miles”): Day trip SW of Nome.
Title at source:
Bering Sea Kayaking. http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=231444 This entry was written by Allan Jacobs.
Blackstone Bay. Online, Notes, Photos.
Location: Whittier.
Source: paddling.net
Author:
PatriotBliss.Route description: Approximately 20 miles from Whittier by paddle or water taxi. Explore bay and return.
http://www.paddling.net/places/showReport.html?1765 This entry was written by Allan Jacobs.
Chilkat Islands. Haines. Online, Notes.
Source: paddling.net
Content: Excerpt from book by Jim Howard.
Route description: Chilkoot/Chilkat Inlet and upper Lynn Canal. Haines area south to Eldred Rock; return.
http://www.paddling.net/places/showReport.html?501 This entry was written by Allan Jacobs.
Inside Passage. Juneau to Petersburg. Online, Notes, Photo.
Location: “Juneau”.
Source: paddling.net
Author:
Umnak.Route description (condensed): Juneau (Douglas Boat Harbor), past Taku Inlet, “Stephen's Passage, Cape Fanshaw, Frederick Sound, Petersburg”.
Title at source:
The Inside Passage.http://www.paddling.net/places/showReport.html?2963 This entry was written by Allan Jacobs.
Inside Passage. Petersburg to Juneau. Online, Notes, Photos.
Source: paddling.net
Author:
Umnak.Route description: Petersburg (by ferry from Juneau), Wrangell Narrows, Sumner Strait, Cape Decision, east coast of Chatham Strait, Kuiu Island, Frederick Sound, Point Gardner, west coast of Admiralty Island, Point Retreat, Juneau (near).
Title at source:
Sumner Strait to Chatham Strait. Subtitle:
Petersburg, AK Sumner Strait to Chatham Strait.http://www.paddling.net/places/showReport.html?1512 This entry was written by Allan Jacobs.
Inside Passage. Ketchikan to Petersburg. Online, Journal, Photos.
Location: “Ketchikan”.
Source: paddling.net
Author:
DenisDwyer.Route description: “The city of Ketchikan, Behm Canal, Clarence Strait, Meyers Chuck, Ernest Sound, Blake Channel, Eastern Passage, the town of Wrangell, Dry Strait, Frederick Sound, and the town of Petersburg.”
http://www.paddling.net/places/showReport.html?2636 This entry was written by Allan Jacobs.
Inside Passage. Ketchikan to Haines. Online, Notes, Photos.
Source: paddling.net
Author:
Umnak.Route description: Ketchikan, Cleveland Peninsula, Ernest Sound, Zomovia Strait, Dry Strait, Frederick Sound, Petersburg, Cape Fanshaw, Stephen’s Passage, Favorite Channel, Lynn Canal, Haines; bypassed Wrangell, Petersburg and Juneau.
Title at source:
The Inside Passage. http://www.paddling.net/places/showReport.html?1511 This entry was written by Allan Jacobs.
Inside Passage. Prince Rupert to Ketchikan. Online, Journal, Photos.
Source: Private site.
Authors:
David and
Pearl. Ed notes:
1. Campsites are denoted by (C).
2. Title needs expanding.
3. Place names were taken from the report; they were not checked on maps.
4. Segment 3 (of 4) of continuous Inside Passage trip from Port Hardy BC.
http://www.omick.net/adventure/kayak%20 ... 202009.htm Route description:
Title at source:
Prince Rupert to Ketchikan.Report: Prince Rupert, Venn Passage, Pike Island, Devastation Island (C; southwest of Metlakatla), Lucy Islands, Melville Island (C), Prince Leboo Island, Dundas Island (C; west of Goose Bay), US border, Cape Fox, Foggy Bay, Revillagigedo Channel, Behm Channel, Alava Point (near; C), Cynthia Island (near; C), Tongass Narrows, Thomas Basin and Customs, Ketchikan (C),
http://www.omick.net/adventure/kayak%20 ... chikan.htm This entry was written by Allan Jacobs.
Inside Passage. San Juan Islands WA to Skagway AK. Online, Journal, Photos, Maps.
Source: Private site.
Author:
Denis Dwyer. Auke Bay campground.http://www.forestcamping.com/dow/alaska/tongcmp.htm Oceanside campground (Haines).http://www.oceansiderv.com/ Pullen Creek campground (Skagway). http://www.pullencreekrv.com/ Ed notes:
1. Campsites are denoted by (C).
2. Place names were taken from the report; that is, they were not checked on maps.
Route description: San Juan Islands WA, ... , Prince Rupert BC, Metlakatla, Venn Passage, Duncan Bay, Ryan Point (C), Chatham Sound, Big Bay, Finlayson Island, Flewin Point (C), across Portland Inlet, Boston Islands, US border, across Tongass Passage, Lincoln Channel, Kanagunut Island (C), Nakat Bay, Tongass Island, Cape Fox (C), north of Cape Fox (C), Dixon Entrance, Foggy Bay, Kirk Point, island off Kah Shakes Point (C), Boca De Quadra Inlet, Point Sykes, Behm Channel, Point Alava, Lucky Cove, Cone Point, Revillagigedo Channel, Ketchikan (“C”), Tongass Narrows, Ward Cove, Mud Bay, Point Higgins (C), Behm Canal, Caamano Point, Clarence Strait, Niblack Point (C), Cleveland Peninsula, Ship Island, Meyers Chuck (C), Lemesurier Point, Union Point, Vixen Point, Emerald Bay, Seward Passage, Sunny Bay and Change Island (C), Anan Bay, Blake Island (C), Blake Channel, Eastern Passage, Wrangell (“C”), Kadin Island, Greys Island, Rynda Island, Dry Strait, Frederick Sound, Mitkof Island, LeConte Bay, Wrangell Narrows, Petersburg (“C”), Sukoi Islands, Point Agassiz , Wood Point, past Thomas Point, bay north of Cape Vandeput (C), Grand Point, Bay Point, Cape Fanshaw and Stephens Passage, Storm Island, Whitney Island (C), cross Port Houghton, island in Hobart Bay (C), Point League, Point Lookout, Sand Bay (C), Point Astley, cross Holkham Bay, Harbor Island, Snettisham Peninsula, Point Anmer (C), cross Port Snettisham, Point Styleman, entrance toTaku Harbor, Circle Point, Taku Inlet (C), Point Salisbury, Gastineau Channel, Juneau (Aurora Harbor; “C”), Mendenhall Bar wetlands (stranded), cross Auke Bay, Auke Bay campground (C), Lynn Canal, mouth of the Eagle River, Point Bridget on Berners Bay (C), beach south of Sherman Point (C), beach near Eldred Rock (C), Chilkoot Inlet, mouth of the Katzehin River, Haines and Oceanside Campground (C), Tanani Bay the mouth of Lutak Inlet, Taiya Point and Taiya Inlet, Skagway and Pullen Creek Campground (C).
Report.
http://denisdwyer.blogspot.com/ More photos.
http://picasaweb.google.com/denisdwyer5 ... 8130795010 Every Trail entries. Location: “Skagway”.
Author:
DenisDwyer. Title at source:
Sea Kayaking The Inside Passage - From Cape Fox AK to Skagway AK. http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=669487 Title at source:
Sea Kayaking The Inside Passage - Video Slide Shows. http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=667372 This entry was written by Allan Jacobs.
Juneau area. Taku Inlet and Turner Lake. Online, Photos, Map.
Location: “Thane”. SE of Juneau, on Gastineau Channel.
Source: Every Trail.
Author:
earlyinnovations. Route description (“83 miles”): Thane, Gastineau Channel, up Taku Inlet; side trip up Turner Creek and into Turner Lake; return to Thane.
Title at source:
Taku Inlet. http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=47048 This entry was written by Allan Jacobs.
Juneau-Sitka area. Tenakee Inlet. Online, Notes.
Location: Between Juneau and Sitka.
Source: paddling.net
Content: Excerpt from book by Jim Howard.
Route description: Hoonah, Port Frederick, Tenakee Inlet, Tenakee Springs; return.
Title at source:
Hoonah to Tenakee Springs. http://www.paddling.net/places/showReport.html?503 This entry was written by Allan Jacobs.
Katmai National Park and Preserve. Information.
Location: Kodiak.
http://www.nps.gov/katm/index.htm http://www.nps.gov/katm/planyourvisit/directions.htm etc.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katmai_Nat ... d_Preserve http://www.katmai.national-park.com/ http://www.gorp.com/parks-guide/katmai- ... d9115.html http://usparks.about.com/od/Katmai/p/Ka ... erview.htm http://www.travelalaska.com/Regions/Par ... x?ParkID=7 This entry was written by Allan Jacobs.
Katmai National Park and Preserve. Online, Journal, Photos.
Source: paddling.net
Author:
Mary C. Wilding.Route description: Ferry from Homer Spit to Kodiak Island and Port Lions. Float plane to Katmai National Park and Preserve, to Geographic Bay and outfitter. Boat used as base for day kayak trips. Return flight to Kodiak, ferry to Homer.
http://www.paddling.net/places/showReport.html?130 This entry was written by Allan Jacobs.
Kenai Peninsula and Kenai Fjords National Park. Information.
Location: Homer, Seward.
Kenai Peninsula.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenai_Peninsula http://www.travelalaska.com/Destination ... nsula.aspx http://www.kenaipeninsula.com/pics/maps/penmap.html Kenai Fjords National Park.http://www.nps.gov/kefj/index.htm etc.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenai_Fjords_National_Park http://www.us-parks.com/kenai_fjords/index.html http://www.kenai.fjords.national-park.com/ http://www.kenaifjords.com/kenai-nationalpark.html http://www.alaska.net/~design/scenes/kenai/kenai.html http://www.travelalaska.com/Regions/Par ... x?ParkID=8 Miller[/color, David Wm. Exploring Alaska's Kenai Fjords. Wilderness Images Press (2004).
http://www.wildernessimage.com/
[color=#0000FF]Kenai Fjords National Park and Chugach National Forest. http://www.natgeomaps.com/ti_231.html This entry was written by Allan Jacobs.
Kenai Peninsula and area. Online, Journal, Photos.
Source: paddling.net
Author:
lyngo.Route description: Lowell Point, Resurrection Bay, Fox Island, Bear Glacier, Cape Aialik, Aialik Fjord, Aialik Glacier, Pederson Glacier, Abra Cove, Northwest Fjord, Two Arm Bay, Cloudy Mountain, MacArthur Pass, North Arm (Nuka Bay), Pete’s Cove, Tonsina Bay, Picnic Harbor, Rocky Bay, Port Chatham, Port Graham, Seldovia, Kachemak Bay, Homer.
http://www.paddling.net/places/showReport.html?2166 This entry was written by Allan Jacobs.
Kenai Peninsula. Aialik Bay. Online, Map.
Ed note: Map only.
Location: “Seward”.
Source: Every Trail.
Author:
jmarchet. Route description: Seward, Resurrection Bay, Aialik Bay, Holgate Arm; return.
Title at source:
Aialik Bay Kayak Trip, Holgate Glacier Camp, Alaska. http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=123310 This entry was written by Allan Jacobs.
Kenai Peninsula. Aialik Bay. Online, Notes, Map.
Source: Every Trail.
Author:
KYBlueDad. Route description (“7.7 miles”): Day trip in Holgate Arm.
Title at source:
Holgate Glacier paddle. http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=1706298 Route description (“9.3 miles”): Holgate Arm to Pederson Glacier area.
Title at source:
Cincypaddlers day 2 Alaska. http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=1706306 Route description (“11.4 miles”): Across Aialik Bay.
Title at source:
Cincypaddlers Day 3 Alaska paddle. http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=1706322 This entry was written by Allan Jacobs.
Ketchikan. Orca Cove. Online, Note.
Source: paddling.net
Author:
fercott.Ed note: The post is nothing but a plug for the outfitter. I provide the link solely to alert the paddling community of the opportunity.
Route description: Day trip in “Orca Cove”.
Title at source:
Ketchikan Alaska.http://www.paddling.net/places/showReport.html?1114 This entry was written by Allan Jacobs.
Kodiak Island. Online, Journal, Photos.
Author:
Gail E Ferris.
Ed note: The author is a naturalist.
Route description: Day trips from Kodiak. Near Island; Spruce Island; Popof Island, Crooked Island, Holiday Island, Woody Island and Shakafka Cove; Puffin Island, Womans Bay, Cliff Island, Cliff Point; Fort Abercrombie, Anton Larsen Bay. Ground trips and Baranov Museum.
Title at source:
Kodiak Alaska to Paddle, Study the Aleut Baidarka and Adventures in Fine Driving: the Time I rented a Ford Fiesta.http://www.nkhorizons.com/Kodiak.html This entry was written by Allan Jacobs.
Kodiak area. Woody Island. Online, Notes, Map.
Location: “Kodiak”.
Source: Every Trail.
Author:
KodiakCaesar. Route description (“3.6 miles”): Day trip from Near Island; return.
Title at source:
Woody Island Kayak trip 04-12-12. http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=1528099 This entry was written by Allan Jacobs.
Kuiu Island; Kake to Tebenkof Bay; return. Online, Journal.
Source: PaddleWise library.
Author:
Rev. Bob Carter. Route description: Ferry from Sitka to Kake, Kuiu Island, Bay of Pillars, Tebenkof Bay; return.
Title at source:
Tebenkof Bay, Alaska. http://www.paddlewise.net/stories/bcarter.html This entry was written by Allan Jacobs.
Misty Fjords National Monument. Information.
Misty Fjords National Monument.http://www.mistyfiords.org/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misty_Fior ... l_Monument http://www.visit-ketchikan.com/Thingsto ... jords.aspx http://www.wilderness.net/NWPS/wildView?WID=361 http://www.travelalaska.com/Regions/Par ... ?ParkID=54 http://www.gorp.com/parks-guide/misty-f ... 01520.html http://www.alaskageographic.org/store/c ... collection http://www.fs.usda.gov/tongass/ Naha Wilderness Area. Ed note: Part of Tongass National Forest.
http://gorp.away.com/gorp/resource/us_n ... k_ton2.htm http://www.gorp.com/parks-guide/naha-ri ... 02290.html Company. http://www.kayakketchikan.com/ This entry was written by Allan Jacobs.
Misty Fjords National Monument. Online, Journal, Notes, Photos.
Source: paddling.net
Author:
Kim Kirby.Route description: Fly or ferry from Ketchikan to Revillagigedo Island. Settlers Cove, Loring, Naha Wilderness Recreation Area, Roosevelt Lagoon, Jordan Lake cabin,West Behm Channel, Indian Point, Blind Pass cabin, Bailey Bay, hike to Lake Shelokum, Anchor Pass cabin, mouth of Unuk River, East Behm Channel, Hut Point, Walker Fjord, Rudyerd Bay, Punchbowl Cove, hike to Punchbowl Lake, Nooya Lake trailhead, Winstanley Island and Lake, Point Alava.
http://www.paddling.net/places/showReport.html?986 This entry was written by Allan Jacobs.
Misty Fjords National Monument; loop trip from Ketchikan. Online, Journal, Photos.
Source: Private site.
Authors:
David and
Pearl. Ed notes:
1. Campsites are denoted by (C).
2. Place names were taken from the report; they were not checked on maps.
3. Segment 4 (of 4) of continuous Inside Passage trip from Port Hardy BC.
http://www.omick.net/adventure/kayak%20 ... 202009.htm Route description: Ketchikan, Revillagigedo Channel, Behm Canal, north of Alava Bay (C), Smeaton Island, Checat's Cove (C), Punchbowl Cove (C; hike to Punchbowl Lake); side trip (Rudyerd Bay, Nooya Creek, hike to Nooya Lake, return); Rudyerd Bay, Hut Point (C); day trip up Walker Cove; Chickamin River, Saks Cove (C), Behm Canal, past Burroughs Bay, past Anchor Pass, Bell Arm (C), Short Bay (C), Blind Passage, Gedney Island, Brow Point (C), Traitor Cove, Escape Point, toward Indian Point, Cache Island, Stack Island (C), Clover Passage, past Settler's Cove, Survey Point, Tongass Narrows, Ward Cove (C), Revillagigedo Channel, Ketchikan.
Title at source:
Ketchikan to Misty Fiords. Report:
http://www.omick.net/adventure/kayak%20 ... Fiords.htm This entry was written by Allan Jacobs.
Misty Fjords National Monument. Online, Notes.
Location: Ketchikan.
Source: paddling.net
Content: Excerpt from book by Jim Howard.
Places mentioned: Rudyerd Bay, Walker Cove, Behm Canal, Manzanita Bay.
http://www.paddling.net/places/showReport.html?500 This entry was written by Allan Jacobs.
Muir Inlet (Glacier Bay). Online, Notes.
Source: paddling.net
Content: Excerpt from book by Jim Howard.
Partial list of places mentioned (not necessarily in order of travel): Bartlett Cove, Lester Island, Beardslee Islands, Mt Wright. “A popular destination in the East Arm is McBride or Riggs or Glaciers, ... , Side trips to Adams Inlet, Muir Glacier, or Wachusett Inlet”.
Title at source:
Muir Inlet – East Arm of Glacier Bay. http://www.paddling.net/places/showReport.html?502 This entry was written by Allan Jacobs.
Outside Passage. Sitka to Juneau, via Icy Strait, Cross Sound and Lynn Canal. Online, Notes, Photos.
Source: paddling.net
Author:
Umnak.Route description: Sitka (ferry terminal), Olga Strait, Neva Strait, Salisbury Sound, Kahz Peninsula, Elbow Passage, White Sulfur Hot Springs, Lisianski Strait, side trip across Icy Strait to Gustavus and Glacier Bay Lodge, past Juneau, then back.
Title at source:
Outer Coast - Sitka to Juneau.http://www.paddling.net/places/showReport.html?2231 Photos (see instructions):
http://www.flickr.com/photos/umnak This entry was written by Allan Jacobs.
Point Barrow. Online, Journal, Photos.
Author:
Gail E Ferris.Route description: Point Barrow, Brant Point, Tekegakrok, near East Twin Lake, mouth of Mayoeak River, Point Barrow.
Title at source:
Excursion in Sea Kayaking at Barrow Alaska. http://www.guillemot-kayaks.com/Trips/G ... Alaska.htm Text-only version (same title):
http://www.guillemot-kayaks.com/Trips/G ... Barrow.txt This entry was written by Allan Jacobs.
Prince William Sound. Information.
Holleman, Marybeth.
Alaska’s Prince William Sound: A Traveller’s Guide. Graphic Arts Books (2000).
Lethcoe, Jim and Nancy.
Cruising Guide to Prince William Sound. Prince William Sound Books, Valdez (2009).
Twardock[/color, Paul. Kayaking and Camping in Prince William Sound. Prince William Sound Books, Valdez (2004).
This entry was written by Allan Jacobs.
[color=#0000FF]Prince William Sound. Information.
Author: [i[Jim Scherr.[/i]
Content: Information regarding outfitters, water taxis, transportation from Anchorage to Whittier, kayak put-ins, camping, cabins, tides and currents, weather, Knik Canoes and Kayakers, maps and guide books, fishing, drinking water, mosquitoes and biting flies, bears, glaciers, articles about the Sound, trips from Whittier; trip journals.
http://princewilliamsoundseakayaking.blogspot.ca/ This entry was written by Allan Jacobs.
Prince William Sound. Passage Canal. Online, Notes, Photo.
Location: Whittier.
Source: paddling.net
Author:
Jeremy.Route description (day trip): Small boat harbour in Whittier, Passage Canal, clockwise loop, return.
Title at source:
Prince William Sound.http://www.paddling.net/places/showReport.html?1149 This entry was written by Allan Jacobs.
Prince William Sound. Valdez area. Online, Journal.
Source: Prince William Sound Sea Kayaking.
Author:
Jim Scherr.Route description: Valdez, Valdez Narrows, Potato Point, Saw Mill Bay, Point Freemantle, Columbia Bay, Elf Point; return.
Title at source:
Paddling from Valdez to the Columbia Glacier - July 2010. http://princewilliamsoundseakayaking.blogspot.ca/ This entry was written by Allan Jacobs.
Prince William Sound. Valdez area. Online, Journal.
Source: Prince William Sound Sea Kayaking.
Author:
Jim Scherr.Route description: Valdez, Valdez Narrows, Shoup Bay, Shoup Lake and Glacier; return to Valdez Narrows; return to Shoup Bay and Valdez.
Title at source:
Paddling from Valdez through the Valdez Narrows – August 2009. http://princewilliamsoundseakayaking.blogspot.ca/ This entry was written by Allan Jacobs.
Prince William Sound. Valdez area. Online, Journal, Photos.
Location: “Valdez”.
Source: Every Trail.
Author:
Griembal. Route description: Guided day trip from Valdez west to Shoup Glacier.
Title at source:
Sea kayak trip Shoup glacier. http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=1442264 This entry was written by Allan Jacobs.
Prince William Sound. Whittier area. Online, Journal.
Source: Prince William Sound Sea Kayaking.
Author:
Jim Scherr.Route description: Main Bay, Falls Bay and Crofton Island.
Title at source:
Main Bay to Crofton Island. http://princewilliamsoundseakayaking.blogspot.ca/ This entry was written by Allan Jacobs.
Prince William Sound. Valdez to Whittier. Online, Journal.
Source: Prince William Sound Sea Kayaking.
Author:
Jim Scherr.Route description: Ferry from Whittier to Valdez, Gold Creek, Valdez Narrows, Sawmill Bay, Point Freemantle, Emerald Cove, Heather Island, Granite Cove, Columbia Bay, Glacier Island, Growler Bay, Bull Head, Granite Bay and Point, Fairmont Bay and Point, Cedar Bay, Unakwik Point, Olsen Island, Eaglek Bay, Ragged Point, Axel Lind Island, Squaw Bay, East Flank Island, Esther Island, Hodgkins Point, Point Esther, Wells Passage, Pigot Point, Whittier.
Title at source:
Valdez to Whittier - 2005. http://princewilliamsoundseakayaking.blogspot.ca/ This entry was written by Allan Jacobs.
Prince William Sound. Chenaga to Whittier. Online, Journal.
Source: Prince William Sound Sea Kayaking.
Author:
Jim Scherr.Route description: Ferry from Whittier to Chenega, Evans Island, Prince of Wales Passage, Squirrel Bay, Bainbridge Island, Procession Rocks, Swanson Bay, Hogg Bay, Port Bainbridge and Bainbridge Glacier, Puffin Cove, Bainbridge Passage, Bainbridge Island, Pleiades Islands, Knight Island, Johnson Bay, Point Nowell, Foul Bay, Lighthouse Point, Culross Passage, Surprise Cove, Decision Point and Passage Canal, Whittier.
Title at source:
Paddling the southwestern Sound – July 2009. http://princewilliamsoundseakayaking.blogspot.ca/ Ed note: Posted also at paddling.net
http://www.paddling.net/places/showReport.html?2513 This entry was written by Allan Jacobs.
Resurrection Bay. Online, Notes.
Location: Seward.
Source: paddling.net
Author:
ROB.Route description: Overnight trip, route not specified.
http://www.paddling.net/places/showReport.html?810 This entry was written by Allan Jacobs.
Shuyak Island State Park. Information.
Location: Kodiak.
Shuyak Island State Park,http://dnr.alaska.gov/parks/units/kodiak/shuyak.htm http://dnr.alaska.gov/parks/jewels/kodiak.htm This entry was written by Allan Jacobs.
Shuyak Island State Park. Online, Notes, Photos.
Source: paddling.net
Author:
Dave Kubiak.Content: General description only.
http://www.paddling.net/places/showReport.html?86 This entry was written by Allan Jacobs.
Shuyak Island Trails. Online, Notes, Maps.
Source: Alaska Dept of Natural Resources, Div of Parks and Outdoor Recreation.
Content: Access notes, travel notes, maps of kayak and hiking trails.
http://dnr.alaska.gov/parks/aktrails/ats/aak/shuyak.htmThis entry was written by Allan Jacobs.
Sitka to Juneau and return. Online, Notes, Photos.
Saint Lazaria National Wildlife Refuge (outside Sitka).
http://www.stateparks.com/saint_lazaria.html Source: paddling.net
Author:
paddling.net.Ed note: Guided day trips from mother ship.
Route description (loop trip): Sitka, north and east to Juneau and return, including Tracy Arm, Lisianski Inlet, Pelican, White Sulfur Hot Springs, Fern Harbor, Saint Lazaria National Wildlife Refuge; day kayaking from boat.
Title at source:
Southeast Alaska. http://www.paddling.net/places/showReport.html?664 This entry was written by Allan Jacobs.
Sitka Sound, North. Online, Notes.
Location: Sitka.
Source: paddling.net
Content: Excerpt from book by Jim Howard.
Title at source:
Sitka Sound - North. http://www.paddling.net/places/showReport.html?504This entry was written by Allan Jacobs.
Wrangell to Ketchikan. Online, Journal.
Source: Canadian Canoe Routes, British Columbia Forum.
Author:
Freda Mellenthin.Title at source:
Lower Stikine River. Telegraph Creek to Ketchikan. Ed note: Place names were taken from the report; they were not checked on maps.
Route description: Telegraph Creek, Stikine River, Wrangell, Zimovia Narrows, Ernest Sound, Deer Island, Seward Passage, Cleveland Peninsula, Watkins Point, Eatons Point, Emerald Bay, Vixen Inlet, Union Bay, Lemesurier Point, ... , Meyers Chuck, Clarence Strait, Higgins Point (Revillagigedo Island), Tongass Narrows, Ketchikan.
http://www.myccr.com/SectionForums/view ... 06&t=37341 This entry was written by Allan Jacobs.