Oceanside Joyce

Haines and Tok

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July 12th 2007
Haines, AK pop.1,525 This town deserves more description than I gave it in our last blog. We planned to stay 2 nights and ended up staying a week. Its 152 miles south from the Alaska Highway. It’s only at the end (or beginning) of the Haines Highway. To go anywhere else from Haines in a car is by ferry. A few days a week, a small cruise ship docks for the day. There’s not the big influ ... read more

North America » United States » Alaska » Haines

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Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more