The Agnew Family aboard the "Dog House"

This morning held the promise of a warm and sunny day so we planned on spending as much of it as possible outside. Ed and I started with a walk around the harbour and historic Fort Seward.

Fort William H. Seward was established in 1904 with the buildings being built after 1910. A lot of the buildings are still standing and being used for such things as stores, B&B’s, condos and restaurants. Next we drove 10 miles north east along the bay to Chilkoot Lake where we saw people fishing (what else!!) As well as a fish weir where they count the salmon returning to Chilkoot Lake. They started counting in June and the count is now over 28,000 — now that’s a lot of sockeye salmon! Returning to town we then drove 10 miles west along Mud Bay Road to Chilkat State Park. We could see several glaciers as we drove along this road – very pretty. Finally we went to see the Chilkat Dancers perform some Indian tales. One of the tales explained where mosquitos came from. Once upon a time there was a monster that kept stealing food and women from an Indian Village. The villagers decided to capture the monster and destroy him. As he was being set on fire the monster vowed to return and haunt the villagers. After 3 days the villagers went to check the hole where the monster was burning and stirred the ash to make sure he was gone — mosquitos flew out of the ashes.


The harbour at Haines.


The small boat harbour at low tide.


Some of the old buildings in Fort Seward.


A totem pole.



Chilkoot Lake



Kayaking on the lake.


Fish weir. Over 28,000 sockeye salmon have returned to the lake this year.


Stone art.


Chilkat inlet.


Raven, Puffin, Gull and Cormorant in one of the Indian tales.


A cruise ship from Skagway going across the harbour.