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Vancouver, BC
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Juneau, AK
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Skagway, AK
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Whitehorse, Yukon
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Dawson City, Yukon
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Eagle, AK
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Chicken, AK
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Tok, AK
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Denali National Park
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Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Picture Galleries:
Vancouver
| Leaving Vancouver |
Walking around the ship |
Discovery Passage |
Alaska Marine Highway
At 5:00 p.m. the ship was getting under way
leaving
the
port of
Vancouver
through the Straits of Georgia and passing under the
Lions
Gate Bridge.
This body of water between Vancouver Island and the mainland
leads to the Discovery Passage, which ends in the
Seymour
Narrows. We
were then traveling the Alaska Marine Highway.
Sunday, July 13, the Statendam was headed north and
was transiting the
Seymour Narrows and sailed through
Johnstone
Strait, the hazardous
Race
Pass
and
Blackney Pass.
The Canadian pilots disembarked at Pine
Island
around 6:15 a.m. The ship
continued on through the Queen
Charlotte
Sound and Dixon Entrance.
At 12 noon the ship was passing Aristazabal
Island,
23 miles to the East. At
10:40 on July 13, we were passing the
U.S.
– Canadian Border.
Monday, July 14 (day 2), the Statendam passed Wolf Rock off Dall
Island
to reach
Catham Strait.
At the Kake Pilot Station the ship embarked the southeastern Alaska pilots to provide local knowledge in navigating for
the cruise through
Frederick’s
Sound, an area normally abundant with whales.
This passage led to Stephen’s Passage before entering Gastineau
channel on the approach to
Juneau.
By 1:30 p.m. on July 14, the ship was mooring at
Juneau Steamship Dock. At
this point, the ship traveled 762 nautical miles with an average speed
of 17.1 knots. (Nautical
mile = 1.15 statute mile.)
History of Vancouver
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