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Friday, August 22, 2025 |
Vancouver, Canada |
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Vancouver is a sophisticated coastal city located to the south of British Columbia, Canada. The city is linguistically and ethnically diverse as reflected in the fact that 52 percent of its inhabitants do not speak English as their first language. Ranked highly in worldwide ‘liveable city’ rankings for many years and being surrounded by nature’s scenery at its best, makes tourism its second largest industry. Read more about Vancouver, Canada
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Saturday, August 23, 2025 |
Transit The Seymour |
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Saturday, August 23, 2025 |
Cruising The Queen C |
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Sunday, August 24, 2025 |
Ketchikan, USA |
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3:00 PM |
Alaska’s ‘first city’ Ketchikan is situated along the shores of Alaska's Inside Passage within the heart of the Tongass National Forest. Evergreen mountains rise out of the water, the lush green landscape nurtured by the abundant rainfall of the temperate rainforest environment. Visitors are presented with a remarkable array of activities and attractions that highlight the town's history, industry and culture, and bring them up close to resident wildlife. Read more about Ketchikan, USA
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Sunday, August 24, 2025 |
Transit Snow Pass |
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Sunday, August 24, 2025 |
Transit Decision Pas |
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Monday, August 25, 2025 |
Sitka, USA |
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5:00 PM |
Sitka, the fourth largest city by population in Alaska, is nestled on the west side of Baranof Island, and is thought to be the most beautiful of SE Alaska cities. The flora and fauna of Sitka and its surrounding area are notable attractions. Residents and visitors alike enjoy fishing, hiking, wildlife viewing, and simply experiencing all this dynamic town has to offer. Read more about Sitka, USA
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Tuesday, August 26, 2025 |
Cruising Yakutat Bay |
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Tuesday, August 26, 2025 |
Hubbard Glacier, USA |
10:00 AM |
6:00 PM |
Hubbard Glacier enters Disenchantment Bay near the top end of the Alaska panhandle. Marching to the beat of a different drum, Hubbard Glacier is advancing while the rest of Alaska's ice rivers are receding rapidly. In 1986 and again in 2002 the glacier protruded forward, blocking off Russell Fjord to create an entirely new lake. Read more about Hubbard Glacier, USA
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Wednesday, August 27, 2025 |
Inian Islands, USA |
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12:30 PM |
The Inside Passage is a sea route along the NW coast of North America. Ships use this heavily trafficked route to avoid bad weather in the open ocean, and access isolated communities along the fjord-lined coast. At the northern end of the 800 km Alaskan portion of the Inside Passage, access is gained to the popular sites of Juneau, Skagway, Haines and Icy Strait Point. Read more about Inian Islands, USA
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Wednesday, August 27, 2025 |
Icy Strait Point (Hoonah), USA |
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8:00 PM |
Alaska’s newest cruise port, Icy Strait Point, is located just down the road from Hoonah, and 35 km S.E. of Glacier Bay National Park. It is the result of collaboration between the local communities and cruise corporations, to attract visitors eager to experience America’s ‘last wilderness.’ Millions of dollars have been invested in creating a facility that offers cruise travellers an authentic and refreshing Arctic experience. Read more about Icy Strait Point (Hoonah), USA
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Thursday, August 28, 2025 |
Haines, USA |
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6:00 PM |
Standing out is the scenic beauty of Haines, probably the best of any Alaskan town. It is in the northern part of the Alaska Panhandle, near Glacier Bay National Park. Skagway is 25 km away further along the fjord. Read more about Haines, USA
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Thursday, August 28, 2025 |
Cruising Lynn Canal |
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Friday, August 29, 2025 |
Juneau, USA |
7:00 AM |
9:00 PM |
Built on a narrow shelf between Mt. Juneau and the deep waters of Gastineau Channel, Juneau is Alaska's state capital and a rewarding destination for glacier viewing. Juneau is a blend of fishermen and teachers, legislators and artists, homemakers and lawyers, union workers and frontier entrepreneurs, students and Native elders, all sharing an active port city within an inspiring wilderness setting. Read more about Juneau, USA
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Saturday, August 30, 2025 |
Tracy Arm, USA |
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5:00 PM |
Tracy Arm is an enormous fjord located 72 km south of Juneau, and lies inside the largest temperate rain forest in the world - the Tongass National Forest of Alaska, USA. Tracy Arm is comprised of Yosemite-like granite rocks, countless waterfalls, glass-smooth water, and mountain peaks rising over 2000m. The ‘arm’ itself penetrates about 40 km into the Alaskan wilderness, bending between near-vertical mountain chasms with numerous waterfalls cascading from spruce and hemlock-forested valleys. Read more about Tracy Arm, USA
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Saturday, August 30, 2025 |
Stephens Passage, Canada |
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Stephens Passage is a channel off the coast of Alaska, Cruise ships heading for Juneau, Tracy Arm or Endicott Arm will pass along Stephens Passage. Off the west coast of the Alaskan panhandle are over 1000 islands of the Alexander Archipelago. Between one of these islands, Admiralty Island, and the Alaskan mainland, is Stephens Passage. Read more about Stephens Passage, Canada
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Sunday, August 31, 2025 |
Transit Decision Pas |
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Sunday, August 31, 2025 |
Wrangell, USA |
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6:00 PM |
Wrangell (pop. 2400) is located on the northern tip of Wrangell Island, an island in the Alaska Panhandle. It lies just south of the estuary of the 610 km Stikine River that empties into the Eastern Passage separating Wrangell Island from the mainland. Read more about Wrangell, USA
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Sunday, August 31, 2025 |
Cruising Stikine Str |
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Monday, September 1, 2025 |
Cruising Behm Canal |
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Monday, September 1, 2025 |
Misty Fjords, USA |
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6:00 PM |
Misty Fjords National Monument is a region of 928,000 ha along the Inside Passage coast in extreme southeastern Alaska. It lies about 60 km east of Ketchikan, Alaska. Because of the remoteness of the area, most visitors arrive by cruise ship or fly over the monument in tourist aircraft from Ketchikan or Juneau. Read more about Misty Fjords, USA
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Monday, September 1, 2025 |
Scenic Cruising Mist |
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Tuesday, September 2, 2025 |
Prince Rupert, Canada |
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11:00 PM |
Canada's northernmost coastal city and gateway to Alaska, Prince Rupert boasts one of the world's largest natural harbours, ice-free year round. Arriving into port by ship is breathtaking, as you pass hundreds of islands and make your way through narrow, mist-shrouded passageways. Because of its moderate climate and mists, it is not unusual to see several rainbows a day, including double and triple rainbows that span the entire horizon. Read more about Prince Rupert, Canada
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Wednesday, September 3, 2025 |
Scenic Cruising Gren |
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Wednesday, September 3, 2025 |
Scenic Cruising Whal |
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Wednesday, September 3, 2025 |
Prince Rupert, Canada |
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Canada's northernmost coastal city and gateway to Alaska, Prince Rupert boasts one of the world's largest natural harbours, ice-free year round. Arriving into port by ship is breathtaking, as you pass hundreds of islands and make your way through narrow, mist-shrouded passageways. Because of its moderate climate and mists, it is not unusual to see several rainbows a day, including double and triple rainbows that span the entire horizon. Read more about Prince Rupert, Canada
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Thursday, September 4, 2025 |
Alert Bay, Canada |
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4:00 PM |
Alert Bay is a small fishing village on Cormorant Island, British Columbia, Canada. The island, 4km long and only 700m at its narrowest, lies just off the north coast of Vancouver Island. It is home to some 1,600 residents, half being of the indigenous Kwakiutl people who have been there for several thousand years. Read more about Alert Bay, Canada
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Thursday, September 4, 2025 |
Scenic Cruising John |
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Thursday, September 4, 2025 |
Transit The Seymour |
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Friday, September 5, 2025 |
Vancouver, Canada |
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Vancouver is a sophisticated coastal city located to the south of British Columbia, Canada. The city is linguistically and ethnically diverse as reflected in the fact that 52 percent of its inhabitants do not speak English as their first language. Ranked highly in worldwide ‘liveable city’ rankings for many years and being surrounded by nature’s scenery at its best, makes tourism its second largest industry. Read more about Vancouver, Canada
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