Wrangell AK Alaska, Wrangell Island

392 Cruises availables At departure or passage at this port

American Cruise Lines (206 Cruises)

American Constellation

217 Passengers
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American Constitution

217 Passengers
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Explora Journeys (23 Cruises)

EXPLORA III.

Explora III

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Oceania Cruises (19 Cruises)

Cruise OCE Oceania Cruises Riviera ship

Oceania Riviera

1250 Passengers
66084 tons
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Seabourn Cruise Line (80 Cruises)

Seabourn Encore.

Seabourn Encore

40350 tons
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Frequently Asked Questions

At the downtown landing, which opens straight onto Front Street, the main street. No shuttle is needed: everything that matters is within a flat, direct walk.
Because a garnet ledge was deeded to the town's youth a century ago. Children set up small tables covered with rough stones when ships arrive, and many passengers leave with a pebble in their pocket.
The town has lived under four successive authorities: Tlingit territory, fortified Russian post, British trading station leased to the Hudson's Bay Company, then American town after the 1867 purchase of Alaska. Three gold rushes later sent prospectors and adventurers up the Stikine River through its harbour.
A tiny islet in the middle of the boat harbour, reached by a wooden footbridge, where the Chief Shakes clan house stands surrounded by totem poles. Restored with the help of Tlingit carvers, it lies less than ten minutes' walk from the dock.
A beach a kilometre and a half north of the landing where some forty precontact petroglyphs surface among the rocks. Spirals, faces and sea creatures may be up to 8,000 years old. Look for them at low tide; access is free and the walk takes about twenty minutes.
Chief Shakes Island and the Nolan Center museum on foot, then Petroglyph Beach, checking the tide table. Stikine River, LeConte Glacier and Anan bear observatory trips require booking before the cruise.
The largest undammed wild river on the North American continent reaching the Pacific. Jet boats run up its delta among sandbars, seals and drowned forest.
Yes, at the Anan observatory in July and August, reached by boat or floatplane with a permit. Black bears and grizzlies fish for salmon on the same river there, a rare combination. Places are limited: book well before departure.
The US dollar and English. Keep a few bills for the children's garnets and the small shops on Front Street.
Yes. The totem poles, the petroglyph hunt on the beach and the garnets on the dock go over very well with children. At the petroglyphs, visitors are simply asked not to rub anything and to step carefully among the seaweed. The Mount Dewey trail climbs in 20 minutes to a wooded overlook above the rooftops.