Inside Passage
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Cruising the Inside Passage typically includes stops in Juneau, Skagway, Ketchikan, and sometimes Sitka, along with a British Columbia port if your cruise sails from the United States.
From Salon • Jul. 20, 2025
Known as the North Shore Inside Passage, the sparsely populated region has a craggy coastline of thick boreal forest, interspersed with billion-year-old bedrock and small artisan communities.
From New York Times • Sep. 13, 2022
The first ship: On July 19, if everything goes according to plan, the Serenade of the Seas will be the first cruise ship since 2019 to sail out of Seattle and up the Inside Passage.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 17, 2021
Cruise ships — those floating, white-frosted pleasure palaces — are back in Elliott Bay, ready to sail up the Inside Passage.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 17, 2021
Most of the Inside Passage follows narrow, fjordlike channels.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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