Scenic Alaska – Vancouver to Juneau

Vancouver, a bustling west coast seaport in British Columbia, is among Canada’s densest, most ethnically diverse cities. A popular filming location, it’s surrounded by mountains, and also has thriving art, theatre and music scenes. Vancouver Art Gallery is known for its works by regional artists, while the Museum of Anthropology houses preeminent First Nations collections.

Ketchikan is an Alaskan city facing the Inside Passage, a popular cruise route along the state’s southeastern coast. It’s known for its many Native American totem poles, on display throughout town. Nearby Misty Fiords National Monument is a glacier-carved wilderness featuring snowcapped mountains, waterfalls and salmon spawning streams. It’s also home to rich wildlife including black bears, wolves and bald eagles.

Misty Fjords National Monument is a national monument and wilderness area administered by the U.S. Forest Service as part of the Tongass National Forest.

The City and Borough of Wrangell is a borough in Alaska, United States. As of the 2010 census the population was 2,369, up from 2,308 in 2000. Incorporated as a Unified Home Rule Borough on May 30, 2008, Wrangell was previously a city in the Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area. Its Tlingit name is Ḵaachx̱aana.áakʼw.

Tracy Arm is a fjord in Alaska near Juneau. It is named after the Secretary of the Navy Benjamin Franklin Tracy. It is located about 45 miles south of Juneau and 70 miles north of Petersburg, Alaska, off of Holkham Bay and adjacent to Stephens Passage within the Tongass National Forest.

Haines est un lieu désigné pour le recensement situé dans l’arrondissement de Haines, en Alaska, aux États-Unis. Il se trouve dans la partie Nord de la Panhandle de l’Alaska, près du Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve. Lors du recensement de 2010, la population du CDP de Haines était de 1 713 habitants, sur un total de 2 508 dans l’arrondissement de Haines.

La ville et l’arrondissement de Juneau, communément appelé Juneau, est la capitale de l’Alaska. Située dans le canal de la Gastineau et dans la région de l’Alaska, c’est une municipalité unifiée et la deuxième ville des États-Unis d’Amérique par sa superficie.