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Craig
Location: On a small island off the west coast of
Prince of Wales Island and connected by a short
causeway; 7 miles south of Klawock by road, 56
miles northwest of Ketchikan by water, 750 air
miles north of Seattle, 220 miles south of Juneau
and 750 air miles southwest of Anchorage.
Population: 1400. Visitor Information: Craig
City Hall at (907) 826-3275.
Situated on the main paved highway 30 miles west
of the ferry terminal at Hollis, Craig was incorporated
in 1922 and is the largest city on Prince of Wales
Island.
The area around Craig has historically been utilized
by the Tlingit and Haida Native peoples for its rich
sea resources. Although today a predominantly non-
Native fishing community, the influences of the
Tlingit-Haida culture remain alive.
Inter-Island Ferry
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timber industry has played an increasingly important Thorne Bay
economic role in recent years. The sawmill and local Location: East coast of Prince of Wales Island,
logging operations are currently the city’s largest 36 miles east of Klawock junction, 59 miles
employers. from Hollis, and 38 air miles from Ketchikan.
The town has a state operated seaplane base, as Population: 480. Visitor Information: Thorne
well as the island’s only airstrip, with a 5,000 foot Bay City Hall at (907) 828-3380.
runway. It also has a small boat harbor and boat ramp
and deep draft dock for timber loading operations.
Klawock’s full services to the traveler include an RV Coffman Cove
Park. Location: Northeast coast of Prince of Wales
Key attractions to be found in Klawock are Island. Access is by road, boat and float plane.
Totem Park, where local carvers have masterfully Population: 200. Visitor Information: Coffman
reproduced original totem poles from Tuxekan, the Cove City Hall at (907) 329-2233.
Native Long House, Prince of Wales Fish Hatchery
(open for tours), City Park, and the pilings of the first This peaceful community hosts the annual “By the
salmon cannery in Alaska. Sea” Arts & Seafood Festival held the second week
Klawock is also home to Fireweed Lodge for
luxury charter fishing get-aways. of August. Recreational fishing along the shore and
in nearby streams is very good. An accommodating
boardwalk leads to Hatchery Creek Falls, with
SPECIAL EVENTS breathtaking views. The town has a state-owned
Elizabeth Peratrovich Celebration: February
seaplane base, boat harbor and launch ramp.
Inter-Island Ferry Route Naukati
Links Ketchikan and POW Island Location: Northwest coast of Prince of Wales
The Inter-Island Ferry Authority’s M/V Prince Island. Access is by Forest Service Road
of Wales provides daily year-round service between 2060, boat or float plane. Population: 165.
Ketchikan and the village of Hollis, on Prince of Visitor Information: Naukati Bay Homeowners
Wales Island. Hollis connects by road to all the other Association, NKI Box 1, Naukati, AK 99950;
major towns on the Island. Phone: (907) 629-4234 or the Naukati
Connection Store at (907) 629-4104.
Hollis
Klawock Location: East side of Prince of Wales Island, 22 Port Protection/Point Baker
Location: West coast of Prince of Wales Island, miles southeast of Craig by road and 35 miles
7 miles northeast of Craig, 24 miles northwest west of Ketchikan by water. Population: 110. Location: Northwestern tip of Prince of Wales
of Hollis, 56 air miles west of Ketchikan. Visitor Information: Hollis Public Library at Island, 145 air miles south of Juneau and 98
Population: 765. Visitor Information: Prince (907) 530-7112. air miles northwest of Ketchikan. Access only
of Wales Chamber, Box 490, Klawock by boat or float plane. Population: 63 and 35.
99925; Phone: (907) 755-2626, Email: info@ Hydaburg Visitor Information: Port Protection Community
princeofwalescoc.org. Association at (907) 489-9241.
Location: Southwest coast of Prince of Wales
Incorporated in 1929, Klawock is the second largest Island, 15 miles south of Hollis by State Road Port Protection and Point Baker are small fishing
city on Prince of Wales Island. Early inhabitants were 913. Population: 390. Visitor Information: communities located minutes away from each other
from the Tlingit winter village of Tuxekan to the Hydaburg City Hall at (907) 285-3761. by skiff, situated within the vast Tongass National
north. The location was used as a summer fishing Forest at the northern tip of Prince of Wales Island.
camp and through the years has been known as Kasaan The waters of El Capitan Passage provide for some
Klawerak, Tlevak, Clevak and Klawak. of the best halibut fishing anywhere in the world
While the local economy has been dependent Location: East side of Prince of Wales Island on and teem with trophy salmon, huge ling cod, red
on fishing and cannery operations in the past—the Kasaan Bay, 30 miles northwest of Ketchikan. snapper, and black rock fish. Local businesses can
last canneries were closed in the late 1980s—the Population: 39. Visitor Information: Kasaan professionally clean, freeze, vacuum seal, and box
City Hall at (907) 542-2212. your catch and have it waiting on the dock.
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