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Alaska and Lynn Canal Scenes Inspire Grand Rail Vision
A survey of Alaska’s Lynn Canal and remote settlements like Haines and Metlakahtla recalls mission work, fortifications, and glaciers. It muses on railroad links from Seattle to Alaska, a future pancontinental network, and the dream of a Bering Sea tunnel to join continents while noting enduring tales of pioneers and trade. The piece closes with a curious line about manna in the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metlakahtla
Haines Mission
Eyan Canal
Skaguay
Presbyterian Board of Missions
Haines
William H. Seward
Davidson
Pyramid Harbor
Boston
New York
Paris
London
Panama Canal
Fou
Atlantic
Europe
United States
Asia
Seattle
Vancouver
Southeast Peninsula
Wairbanks
Nome
Bering Sea