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Tips for Drivers
Starting point: Canada Place
and Ballantyne Pier cruise ship
terminals, Vancouver.
Cruise length: to Sitka, 736 miles
(1,184 km); to Skagway, 956 miles
(1,538 km); to Seward,
1,443 miles (2,322 km).
Highlights: views of glaciers,
mountains, and wildlife, as well
4 Skagway as historic and scenic ports of call.
The historic Klondike train, which steams through the cliff-
hugging White Pass, starts in Skagway. The boardwalk and false-
fronted buildings of this city evoke the 19th century.
Whitehorse ALASKA HIGHWAY

Atlin Lake

3 Juneau
Alaska’s capital is also its most beautiful city.
Juneau is the gateway to the impressive
12-mile- (19-km-) long Mendenhall Glacier,
which flows from the Juneau Ice field.

Gulf of
Alaska

Prince Rupert

Haida Gwaii
(Queen Charlotte Islands)
2 Sitka
Sitka is one of Alaska’s
most beautiful seaside
towns, with its colorful
houses and impressive
Bella Bella spruce forests.

1 Ketchikan
19th-century buildings
and boardwalks, Tlingit Vancouver Island Vancouver
clan houses, a totem
collection, and an eagle
population make this
town unforgettable.
For keys to symbols see back flap

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