14 Facts About Haines Alaska

Original Native name for Haines Alaska was Deishu, meaning "end of the trail" by the Chilkat group of Tlingit.

Haines Alaska became a supply center for the Dalton Trail from Chilkat Inlet offered a route to the Yukon for prospectors.

Fort William H Seward, a United States Army installation, was constructed south of Haines and completed by 1904, on property donated by the mission from its holdings.

Haines Alaska has a dry-summer humid continental climate with warm summers, although featuring nearly double the precipitation of nearby Skagway.

Haines Alaska CDP is located in the north-central part of Haines Alaska Borough at.

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Alaska Route 7, the Haines Highway, terminates at Haines and leads northwest 39 miles to the Canadian border near Pleasant Camp, British Columbia.

The Haines Highway continues north to a junction with the Alaska Highway at Haines Junction, Yukon, 147 miles from Haines.

Haines Alaska first appeared on the 1900 US Census as an unincorporated village.

In recent years, Haines Alaska has received increasing attention as a site for heli-skiing.

Haines is one of only three cities in southeast Alaska which are accessible by road to another city, the other two being Skagway and Hyder.

Recently, Haines Alaska became a port-of-call to several cruise ship operators, including Princess Cruises and the Holland-America Line.

Haines Alaska is served by Haines Alaska Health Center, the only primary health clinic in the area.

Haines Alaska is served by a weekly newspaper, the Chilkat Valley News, as well as the public radio station KHNS which serves upper Lynn Canal although its primary studios are located in Haines Alaska.

Haines Alaska receives circulation of the free regional newspaper Capital City Weekly.