Driven by a few times in boats. The lighthouse is very dramatic and the scenery is very cool. There are no beaches on the head... Cape St. Elias... but the beaches to the South probably see little traffic and might have some good stuff on them.

Climbing up to the lighthouse would get your blood pumping. It is high and steep.

Bering stopped there very briefly and his naturalist, Steller, on board was given just a couple hours to look around. He saw his first Steller's jay there and named it after himself.

The channel between island and mainland is tricky, requires local knowledge to run and looks very interesting.


Mark Begich, Joaquin Jackson, and Heller resistance... Three huge reasons to worry about the NRA.