Wrangell Harbour

General.    This is a small town with most facilities. It has an easy entrance and helpful staff. Often it is very crowded and rafting up may be required. Town is only a few hundred meters away. It was unaffected by tourism although there did appear to be a large wharf and visitors centre being built just to the north of the Harbour entrance.

Reported.    Sept 2003 by Fine Tolerance

Charts.    NOAA 17384.

Approach.    There are no off-shore dangers here.

Anchoring.    There is no anchoring in this harbour and space is very limited. The Harbour Master is available on VHF. There is a new Marina controlled by the Wrangell Harbour Master called Shoemaker Boat Harbour which is 3.5 nm SSE of Wrangell harbour.

Points of Interest.   Wrangell was an Indian crossroads in years gone by.  There are petroglyph's just on the outside of town. In the centre of the harbour is a small island with a meeting house and many totem poles on it.

 
Looking across the grid and into the harbour. Note the size of the tide here..

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