The Inter-Island Ferry Authority (IFA) is a ferry service in the U.S. State of Alaska with its headquarters based in Craig on Prince of Wales Island. See also Merchant ship A ferry is a form of transport usually a Boat or Ship, used to carry (or ferry) passengers and A US state is any one of the fifty subnational entities of the United States of America that share Sovereignty with the federal government Alaska ( Аляска Alyaska) is a state in the United States of America, in the northwest of the North American continent Craig is a first-class city in the Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan Census Area in the Unorganized Borough in the U For other islands named after the Prince of Wales see Prince of Wales Island.
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History
The Inter-Island Ferry Authority was created in 1997 by the Prince of Wales Island communities of Klawock, Craig, Thorne Bay, Coffman Cove in addition to the communities of Petersburg and Wrangell. Klawock is a city in Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan Census Area in the U Craig is a first-class city in the Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan Census Area in the Unorganized Borough in the U Thorne Bay is a city in Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan Census Area, Alaska, United States. Coffman Cove is a city in Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan Census Area, Alaska, in the United States. Petersburg is a city in Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area, Alaska, in the United States. Wrangell is a city and borough in Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 2308 By 1998, the state Department of Transportation was behind the idea of a shuttle ferry service between Prince of Wales Island and outlying communities and soon the Alaska Congressional delegation secured funding for two day boats to seed the ferry authority. In 2002, the first vessel, the M/V Prince of Wales, inaugurated service between Hollis and Ketchikan, and in 2006, the M/V Stikine followed suit with a northerly route. Hollis is a Census-designated place (CDP in Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan Census Area, Alaska, United States. Ketchikan (ˈkɛtʃɪkæn is a city in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska, United States and the southeasternmost sizable city in that state
Traffic
One of the primary reasons for the creation of the authority was the spotty service to Prince of Wales Island provided by the Alaska Marine Highway System, which, while regular, was often placed at inconvenient times, specifically the regular occurrence of ferries near midnight, to the annoyance of many island residents. Alaska Marine Highway or the Alaska Marine Highway System (AMHS is a Ferry service operated by the government of the U In its last two years of operation to Prince of Wales Island (on the same Hollis-Ketchikan route the IFA operates) it averaged 38,615 passengers and 10,644 vehicles annually. In the IFA, on its first year of operation, carried 54,906 passengers and 14,156 vehicles. [1]
Routes and vessels
The Inter-Island Ferry Authority administrates two vessels, each with its own daily route:
- M/V Prince of Wales — Hollis*-Ketchikan†-Hollis (the trip occurs twice daily during summer months)
- M/V Stikine — Coffman Cove*-Wrangell†-Petersburg†-Wrangell-Coffman Cove
* Denotes the vessels' homeport. Hollis is a Census-designated place (CDP in Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan Census Area, Alaska, United States. Ketchikan (ˈkɛtʃɪkæn is a city in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska, United States and the southeasternmost sizable city in that state Coffman Cove is a city in Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan Census Area, Alaska, in the United States. Wrangell is a city and borough in Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 2308 Petersburg is a city in Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area, Alaska, in the United States.
† Denotes a community where connections to the Alaska Marine Highway are available. Alaska Marine Highway or the Alaska Marine Highway System (AMHS is a Ferry service operated by the government of the U
Although Hollis and Coffman Cove are the only Prince of Wales Island communities to receive direct service from the ferries, since the most of the island is connected by a network of logging industry-era roads, the ferry service effectively serves also serves the Prince of Wales Island communities of Craig, Hydaburg, Kasaan, Klawock, Nautaki, Thorne Bay, and Whale Pass. Craig is a first-class city in the Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan Census Area in the Unorganized Borough in the U Hydaburg (ˈhaɪdəbɝg is a city in the Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan Census Area in the U Kasaan (kəˈsæn is a city in the Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan Census Area in the U Klawock is a city in Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan Census Area in the U Naukati Bay is a Census-designated place Thorne Bay is a city in Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan Census Area, Alaska, United States. Whale Pass is a Census-designated place (CDP in Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan Census Area, Alaska, United States.
References
- ^ Juneau Empire: "Inter-Island Ferry Authority shows way" by Lew Williams, Jr. The Juneau Empire is a Newspaper in Juneau, Alaska, United States. Retrieved August 5, 2007.
See also
- BC Ferries, a ferry service similar to the IFA just south of Alaska in British Columbia, Canada
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