July 7 & 8 - Petersburg, Mitkof Island

Gord with the largest chinook salmon ever caught in the Petersburg museum

Petersburg has a rich Norwegian heritage with many of the town's original inhabitants from Norway

Here is a scene of the fishing harbour with one of the processing plants in the background

This is the dock where Bojangles was parked for a couple of nights, just one of the "fisherboys"

We made it through the Wrangell Narrows unscathed and arrived at the really neat Norwegian background fishing town of Petersburg. The town was originally founded by Peter so it became "his town".
Petersburg is another major fishing port in Alaska. It is really natural and not a cruise ship destination although the Alaska ferry services the town on a regular basis. We did a big time laundry, shower and shopping day and are now free to do a bit of sightseeing.
We are in the main fishing harbour but have our own slip so things are good. All the docks are in really good shape with way better power options than in BC. We are looking around for a restaurant for tonight but are not certain one exists.
As we exited Wrangell Narrows to swing into the Petersburg harbour we saw three glaciers spread out ahead of us in the distance. What a sight, our first glaciers. Tomorrow we leave for Frederick Sound which will put us among the glaciers and are looking forward to seeing them closer up.
More to follow in a few days when we get to Juneau.