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Lynn Canal

American  

noun

  1. a natural inlet in SE Alaska between Skagway and Juneau, also a historic gateway to the Klondike region. About 90 miles (145 km) long.


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For now, the Hubbard will be used just for sailings up the Lynn Canal from Juneau to Haines and Skagway.

From Seattle Times • May 24, 2023

When they finally arrived, Milos, her husband and their cat, Squeaks, were only 70 miles from home in Haines, a small community up the Lynn Canal from Juneau.

From Washington Post • Feb. 23, 2020

The park is a mix of temperate rain forest and meadow along a stretch of Lynn Canal coastline, the deepest fjord in North America.

From New York Times • Jul. 29, 2019

Haines and Skagway, both of which sit near the top of Lynn Canal, are two of Alaska’s three Inside Passage towns connected to the road system.

From New York Times • May 21, 2018

The shortest and quickest route to the gold-bearing region was by the trails leading up from Dyea and Skagway on the headwaters of Lynn Canal.

From From Isolation to Leadership, Revised A Review of American Foreign Policy by Latane, John Holladay