Haines Marina
by Robert Bales
Title
Haines Marina
Artist
Robert Bales
Medium
Photograph - Photo
Description
Haines Small Boat Harbor is an essential economic development resource for our community, serving as a significant stimulus for tourism and maritime industries.Haines Small Boat Harbor is also a member of the Alaska Association of Harbormasters and Pacific Coast Congress of Harbormasters and Port Managers, Inc.
Haines (Tlingit: Deishú) is a census-designated place located in Haines Borough, Alaska, United States. It is in the northern part of the Alaska Panhandle, near Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve.
Haines has a dry-summer warm-summer continental climate (Köppen climate classification: Dsb), although featuring nearly double the rainfall of nearby Skagway.
Forest next to Davidson Glacier, near Haines.
The Haines CDP is located in the north-central part of Haines Borough at 59°14′02″N 135°26′49″W.[8] The CDP is situated on the Chilkat Peninsula at a narrow spot called the Deshu Isthmus. The community is bounded by Portage Cove of Chilkoot Inlet to the east and by the Chilkat River at its mouth into the Chilkat Inlet to the west. To the south, down the Chilkat Peninsula, Haines is bordered by the CDP of Mud Bay, and to the north it is bordered by the Lutak CDP.
Alaska Route 7, the Haines Highway, terminates at Haines and leads northwest 39 miles (63 km) to the Canadian border near Pleasant Camp, British Columbia. The Haines Highway continues north to a junction with the Alaska Highway at Haines Junction, Yukon, 147 miles (237 km) from Haines.
As of the 2010 census, the population of the Haines CDP was 1,713, out of a total 2,508 in Haines Borough.
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September 26th, 2019
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Comments (11)
Tatiana Travelways
Congratulations - Your beautiful artwork has been featured in the "Travel Art" gallery at Fine Art America! For further promotion, you can post it to the specific Travel Destinations galleries, our Facebook group and our Pinterest board - All the links are provided on our group's homepage.
Teresa Trotter
Congrats! Your artwork is being featured on our Ships Boats Steamers And More Group homepage! L/F
Robert Bales replied:
Thanks so much, Teresa for the feature, comment, congrats, and the promotion!!