While established Alaska ferries fight for funding, a small startup is about to launch from northern Prince of Wales Island.
The North End Ferry Authority based in Coffman Cove has created the Rainforest Islands Ferry, a three stop service that revives a canceled route of the Inter-Island Ferry Authority.
Operating four days a week beginning June 14, the Rainforest Islands Ferry will travel from Coffman Cove to Wrangell and Petersburg via the South Mitkof terminal.
The ferry authority is overhauling a landing craft, to be named the Rainforest Islander, at a shipyard in La
Conner, Wash., in ord...
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