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Day 7 Juneau/Petersburg

         In  Petersburg,  Tides  Inn  will  pick
      you up and take  you to the hotel. Car
      rental  is  possible  from  Tides  Inn  but  is
      not  a  requirement  as  most  attractions
      are  close.  Petersburg  is  a  true  Alaskan
      working community that makes its living
      from the sea. A Norwegian fishing village,
      Petersburg  is  located  on  Frederick
      Sound near the summer feeding grounds
      of  hundreds  of  humpback  whales.
      Enjoy  lunch  at  Coastal  Cold  Storage
      then  walk  to  the  harbor  to  see  the
      canneries  and  fishing  boats  unloading
      the day’s catch. Try out Inside Passages
      Adventures in Petersburg for unhurried,
      full day naturalist-guided tours to watch
      humpback whales in Frederick Sound.

         Day 8 Petersburg/Ketchikan
         In  the  morning  Tides  Inn  will  take
      you back to the airport for your flight to
      Ketchikan. Upon arrival, rent a car from
      Alaska Car Rental and drive onto the
      ferry for the trip across the water, as the
      airport is on an island. Once in Ketchikan,
      three outstanding accommodations are
      Ketchikan  Cape  Fox  Lodge,  Edgewater
      Inn  and  The  Landing.  Ketchikan  is
      the  perfect  place  for  a  flight  seeing
      adventure to view Misty Fjords National
      Monument,  a  nature  preserve  where
      glacial fjords rise majestically 3,000 feet
      above sea level.

         The city has the largest collection of
      totem poles in Alaska. These enormous
      carved tree trunks experienced their
      peak in the mid 1700s -1800s. The totems
      told  illustrious  stories  of  events  and
      legends of the clan but unfortunately
      the totems and villages were abandoned
      when  people  moved  into  cities.  There






                    Fishermen’s Memorial Park




















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