Port Tongass, Tongass Island, Alaska
We decided to break up the remaining distance to Prince Rupert with a stop at Port Tongass. It was only 21 miles from Foggy Bay. Tomorrow's passage to Prince Rupert will be about 42 miles, if we can take Venn Passage.
Port Tongass used to be the site of a of a Tlingit village. Most of the inhabitants moved to Saxman, near Ketchikan in the early 1900s. Not much sign of the village remains as seen from the water.
Shortly after we arrived a boat called Amelie showed up. Amelie is an old fishing boat that has been renovated into a cruiser but still had some of the original fishing structure, like cranes to lift items in and out of the hold. She kept going back and forth in the passage near us. We wondered what they were doing. Did we take their spot? We also noticed that the boat did not have any anchors. Strange. A while later a smaller fishing boat came along side. This boat anchored and then a diver went overboard. It appears that Amelie lost their anchor and tackle overboard and the diver is working to retrieve it. This explains some of the mystery.
In the meantime we have been relaxing, reading and I made some brownies for dessert.
No worries,
SV Windarra
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