Alaska’s oldest ferry is too expensive to repair, according to officials with the Alaska Marine Highway System, who say it would cost millions to fix the 62-year-old Matanuska. Craig Tornga, the ...

Strathcona Provincial Park, in central Vancouver Island, B.C, is basically unknown among Americans and many Canadians, yet it boasts a majestic combination of water, forest and mountains.

FERRY DETAILS Pricing for ferry passengers and for staterooms are separate on the Alaska Marine Highway and vary with each vessel.

Doug Leen has been a ranger, a dentist, a frontiersman. He's also pursued the history of classic national park posters. His book of research and art is out now.

JUNEAU — An Alaska-built ferry sailed its maiden voyage with passengers Tuesday, 17 years after it was first envisioned. The 280-foot Hubbard took more than four years to come into service after ...

KETCHIKAN, Alaska (AP) — The state of Alaska has sold the ferry named Malaspina to a business group in a deal aimed at giving the ship a new life and preventing it from being scrapped. The ...

State Sen. Lora Reinbold drove 750 miles with her husband and then took an hours-long ferry to make it to the state’s capital to vote on a divisive disaster bill.

Doug Leen, a retired dentist who collects national park posters created by Works Progress Administration artists, at his home on Alaska’s Kupreanof Island. Annie Tritt for The New York Times ...

In a normal summer, the Alaska state ferry sails in once every two weeks, and small floatplanes connect Pelican to Juneau three times a day, weather permitting.

The Matanuska was the only mainline ferry operating this winter, now leaving many isolated Alaska communities stranded.

The Alaska state ferry system will stop running ships in Prince William Sound for seven months this winter after lawmakers made sharp budget cuts earlier this year. Reporter Nat Herz traveled on ...