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Aug 14, 2024
We journeyed from Juneau to Bellingham in June on MV Kennicott after an Alaskan road trip. Very easy boarding process with helpful, cheerful and friendly staff (in fact throughout the voyage) Our … Full review by JoeCBansteadUK
May 30, 2024
Taking the ferry was an RV or camping type experience with the most awesome views of the Inner Passage (for us from Bellingham, WA to Ketchikan). We had a first-class wildlife experience with gorgeou… Full review by Travelinmsp
Dec 4, 2023
They cancelled our ferry almost 6 months in advance with no replacement unless I went the week earlier or later. I had already made flight and hotel arrangements around our scheduled ferry time that… Full review by Jet29034553134
The summer 2020 ferry schedule has just been published. Ferries head north from Wrangell and Petersburg only once a week, on Sundays. That means that if one wants to explore either island, you would have to spend an entire week. So we have to choose: one week in Wrangell and skip Petersburg, or skip Wrangell and spend a week in Petersburg. Anyone have any favorites to recommend? Wrangell or Petersburg?
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You might want to recheck the schedule, or possibly just talk to the staff. I'm showing that both the M/V Columbia and M/V Matanuska are on the Southeastern route this year. In …
You might want to recheck the schedule, or possibly just talk to the staff. I'm showing that both the M/V Columbia and M/V Matanuska are on the Southeastern route this year. In general terms, it looks like on the northbound leg, the Matanuska leaves Bellingham a day ahead of the Columbia, and this seems to be the general trend both ways. Having said that, I don't know much about either location; only saw them in passing without spending anything more that 'port of call time' in either. Guess it depends on what kind of mischief you want to get into. Wrangell does have the opportunity to go on a bear watching trip to Anan Cove if that's your thing, and I'd be surprised if Petersburg didn't (maybe not to the same location, but I haven't looked into that).
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