Misty Fjords National Monument
Located 22 miles from Ketchikan in the Tongass National Forest of Alaska's
southern panhandle is one of our country's greatest treasures. At 2.3
million acres, Misty Fjords National Monument is almost four times the
size of Rhode Island. It is a land of incredible natural beauty and rugged
grandeur characterized by deep fjords, sheer walls of granite rising over
3,000 feet, huge stands of spruce, hemlock and cedar, pristine lakes and
snow capped mountain peaks. The fjords and valleys were created by massive
glaciers over thousands of years. Accessible only by foot, boat or
floatplane this untouched wilderness has no roads, permanent housing or
endemic poplation. It was first noted in the journals of British explorer
Captain George Vancouver.
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(All photos were taken from a Beaver single engine float-airplane)
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