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Home / Archives for Alaska Ferry

Alaska Ferry

New COVID-19 safeguards in place for Alaska ferry passengers and crew

Dave Goldman / 11 KTVA / June 23, 2020

The Alaska Marine Highway System (AMHS) is setting up new protocols during the pandemic. When traveling on the mainline ferries Kennicott, Matanuska and Tustamena, all passengers (older than two ... [Continue Reading]

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Cruise to Alaska Like a Local – On the Ferry

Cruise to Alaska Like a Local – On the Ferry

By Annette / February 3, 2020

Calling all adventurers seeking to see the real Alaska: The best highway is on the water! In fact, the only highway to most of lower Alaska’s villages is by sea. Each Friday, the Alaska ... [Continue Reading]

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Budget cruise from Bellingham to Alaska: one man’s account of his ferry deck adventure

Brendan Kiley / Seattle Times / September 3, 2019

The sky: a promising cerulean blue. Bellingham Bay: calm. The passengers: swarming the decks of the M/V Columbia, thrilling to that landlubber’s hey-we’re-on-a-boat! novelty — the kind ... [Continue Reading]

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Ferry to the last frontier

Bobbie Hasselbring / Trailer Life / February 8, 2019

Imagine taking a nearly 3,000-mile RV trip yet driving only 800 miles. Picture a journey that allows you to see regions otherwise inaccessible to RVs. Now envision a tour filled with breathtaking ... [Continue Reading]

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6 reasons why Bellingham area is worth exploring

Leslie Kelly / The Spokesman Review / August 20, 2018

The campground was fantastic. So was the luxury hotel. Sometimes a city like Bellingham, one of Washington’s very best locations for outdoors recreation, is best explored two ways: from roughing it on ... [Continue Reading]

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StrEAT Food great for breakfast and lunch at Bellingham Cruise Terminal

StrEAT Food great for breakfast and lunch at Bellingham Cruise Terminal

By Annette / February 25, 2014

I hadn't planned to eat on my visit to the Bellingham Cruise Terminal, but when I saw the new food booth I realized I was hungry. So, I ordered at the counter and sat down. A delicious aroma was the ... [Continue Reading]

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Bellingham Whatcom County Tourism
Visitor Center Located at I-5 Exit 253
904 Potter Street, Bellingham, WA 98229

Hours: Due to COVID-19, the Visitor Center is open limited hours: Friday, Saturday & Sunday 10am-3pm. Masks required.

Phone: 360-671-3990
Email: tourism@bellingham.org

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