Hoonah Alaska is located on Chichagof Island, surrounded by the Tongass National Forest, standing on one of the largest wilderness areas in the United States. Here you can spend your time viewing wildlife, taking the fishing trip of your life, …
Russian and European explorers and fur traders, Christian missionaries, cannery and logging employees, and “outside” fishermen interacted with the Tlingit people from as early as the mid 1700’s. Many settled in Hoonah and became part of its history.
Hoonah is located on northeast Chichagof Island, which is the northernmost major island in the Alexander Archipelago. It is 40 air miles west of Juneau, Alaska’s capital city. With no connecting roadway to the mainland, the town is reached by air service providers and a state ferry system.