Debbie's Posts & Ramblings

Angoon -   57.30N - 134.35WThe Tlingit word for Angoon means "Town on the Portage" or "Isthmus Town".Angoon is the only permanent settlement on Admiralty Island.  It is a traditional Tlingit community, located on the southwest side at Kootzhahoo Inlet, west of Mitchell Bay, facing Chatham Straig...

Haines Alaska59.14N - 135.26W Haines is located on a narrow peninsula extending into Lynn Canal, between the Chilkoot and Chilkat Inlets, 80 air miles northwest of Juneau. It is just south of the Canadian border at British Columbia, 775 road miles from Anchorage.  The population is approximately ...

Gustavus58.24 North - 135.44 WestGustavus is a community of approximately 420 people about 60 miles northwest of Juneau.  It is fondly known as the "Gateway to Glacier Bay National Park".  Gustavus lies on the north shore of Icy Passage at the mouth of the Salmon River on a huge outwash created b...

  Photos to be added Tuesday if weather allows travel.....Excursion Inlet58.42 North - 135.43 WestExcursion Inlet is located on the north side of Icy Straits, east of Glacier Bay National Park, about 38 miles northwest of Juneau.  The inlet itself is about 10 miles long.  It is surrounded by moun...

  Interested in Remote Alaska real estate?It seems whenever there is a crisis or natural disaster elsewhere, everybody wants to run to Alaska.  In the wake of September 11, I received over 3000 inquiries on remote Alaska real estate in only 5 weeks.  Katrina and Rita brought several hundred inqui...