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You need lots of fingers to count the island in the rocky Alexander Archipelago, which stretches for 485 km, hugging the southeastern coast of Alaska there are about 1,100 of them. Deep fjords and channels separate mainland and islands, which have inhospitable, irregular coasts.
The whole area is densely forested with fir woods and temperate rain forest. Most part of the archipelago is protected from development and teems with wildlife. The main economic activities are tourism, fishing and logging. The largest islands are Admiralty, Baranof, Chichagof, Dall, Revillagigedo, Prince of Wales and Wrangell
People there are thinly
throw in various directions throughout the vast area, with the main
centres of population being Ketchikan on Revillagigedo and Sitka on
Barnov, each with some 8,000 souls the latter was once the
capital of Russian America. The archipelago is traversed by heavy
boat traffic along the Inside Passage, a sheltered route that follows
a path between the mainland and coastal islands of British Columbia
and the Alaska Panhandle. There is no point to pretending that Alaska
is a tourist destination. There is no road access, so the only ways
in are by sea or air, but those who make the effort will dive in the
ultimate wilderness experience.
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