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The Municipality and Borough of Skagway is a borough in Alaska on the Alaska Panhandle.As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,240, [3] up from 968 in 2010. [4] The population doubles in the summer tourist season in order to deal with the large number of summer tourists each year. [5]
The Sawtooth Range is a small mountain range in southeastern Alaska, United States, located just southwest of Warm Pass and on the north side of the East Fork of the Skagway River. It has an area of 97 km 2 and is a subrange of the Boundary Ranges which in turn form part of the Coast Mountains .
The Skagway–Fraser Border Crossing connects the communities of Skagway, Alaska and Carcross, Yukon on the Canada–United States border. Alaska Highway 98 on the American side joins Yukon Highway 2 on the Canadian side. The border is near the summit of White Pass on the Klondike Highway, where the elevation is 3,292 feet (1,003 m).
This is a list of airports in Alaska (a U.S. state), grouped by type and sorted by location.It contains all public-use and military airports in the state. Some private-use and former airports may be included where notable, such as airports that were previously public-use, those with commercial enplanements recorded by the FAA or airports assigned an IATA airport code.
The Skagway River in Alaska The Skagway River is a river in British Columbia , Canada and the state of Alaska, United States , flowing southwest across the international boundary at 59°32′36″N 135°01′55″W / 59.54333°N 135.03194°W / 59.54333; -135.03194 just southeast of the White Pass
The Skagway News headquarters in Skagway, Alaska, on June 19, 2019 The present-day Skagway News was first established in 1978 by William J. "Jeff" Brady. [ 1 ] It merged from 1978 to 1979 with the Haines -based Chilkat Valley News to form the Lynn Canal News , and then resumed publishing as a separate paper in 1982.
Face Mountain is a 5,052 ft (1,540 m) mountain summit located in the Boundary Ranges of the Coast Mountains, in the U.S. state of Alaska.The peak is situated 4.2 mi (7 km) west-northwest of Skagway, and 4.3 mi (7 km) north of Mount Harding, on land managed by Tongass National Forest.
Skagway Seaplane Base has one seaplane landing area designated 4/22 which measures 2,000 by 2,000 feet (610 x 610 m). [1] For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2006, the airport had 250 aircraft operations, an average of 20 per month: 80% general aviation and 20% air taxi.