Prince Rupert mayor reflects on summer without state ferry connection to Southeast Alaska
Alaska Marine Highway System ferries are tied up in Ketchikan this summer (photo by Mikko Wilson/KTOO). There's no state ferry service to Prince Ru...
Alaska Marine Highway System ferries are tied up in Ketchikan this summer (photo by Mikko Wilson/KTOO). There's no state ferry service to Prince Rupert this summer , a town in British Columbia around 90 nautical miles from Ketchikan. In the past, ferries ran so often, high schoolers could make a quick trip over to play basketball, old friends got to meet up without missing several days of work, and tourism was lively. Prince Rupert's mayor, Herb Pond, says 30 years ago, the ferry ran three or four times a week.