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Icy Straight PointWhen you get to the dock each person is given a small chip of cedar wood with a note about putting them in the fire for good luck. The fire pit is an area down on the beach.At the pier there is a special building where all the tours meet. There is a museum and several shops all contained in a large building. The retail shops include: ISP Company store; Soap and Candle shop; Fire & Ice; Icy Straight Lumber; Southeast Artworks; Gut-sh-wu; Alaskan Gift shop; Wild With Nature; Carey's Handmade Glass Beads; Salmon shop; Hoonah General Store.In the museum section of the building there are 2 shops: Arctic Spirit Gallery & Hoonah High School (items made by the students to be sold). You can buy tiny plush animals that can be canned with a special "Salmon" label.There are 2 restaurants: Cookhouse right at the dock and the Timberhouse which is further down the beach from the fire pit. After all we had to eat on our tour we were too full to try one of the restaurants.There is also a Native Theatre where the shows are put on.There was a free shuttle (at least it was free on our cruise) to take you from the dock area to the village of Hoonah itself. We got back so late from our tour that we didn't get to go to the village. Since we were going to be there on our south bound cruise as well, we figured that we would do that the second week. Unfortunately it was pouring the second week (way worse than the first week) and with DH taking so many medications and blood thinners we didn't want to risk him getting wet and sick.So we do have that to look forward to on a future Alaskan cruise.
Icy Straight Point
When you get to the dock each person is given a small chip of cedar wood with a note about putting them in the fire for good luck. The fire pit is an area down on the beach.
At the pier there is a special building where all the tours meet. There is a museum and several shops all contained in a large building. The retail shops include: ISP Company store; Soap and Candle shop; Fire & Ice; Icy Straight Lumber; Southeast Artworks; Gut-sh-wu; Alaskan Gift shop; Wild With Nature; Carey's Handmade Glass Beads; Salmon shop; Hoonah General Store.
In the museum section of the building there are 2 shops: Arctic Spirit Gallery & Hoonah High School (items made by the students to be sold). You can buy tiny plush animals that can be canned with a special "Salmon" label.
There are 2 restaurants: Cookhouse right at the dock and the Timberhouse which is further down the beach from the fire pit. After all we had to eat on our tour we were too full to try one of the restaurants.
There is also a Native Theatre where the shows are put on.
There was a free shuttle (at least it was free on our cruise) to take you from the dock area to the village of Hoonah itself. We got back so late from our tour that we didn't get to go to the village. Since we were going to be there on our south bound cruise as well, we figured that we would do that the second week. Unfortunately it was pouring the second week (way worse than the first week) and with DH taking so many medications and blood thinners we didn't want to risk him getting wet and sick.
So we do have that to look forward to on a future Alaskan cruise.
