Port Chalmers
Whittier
Today
Getting there
- Access
- Access float plane (40 minutes from Cordova, 60 minutes from Seward) or boat (65 miles from Cordova, 70 miles from Whittier, 100 miles from Seward).
- Drive from Anchorage
- 1h17 to Whittier, the nearest town on our road map
- Drive from Fairbanks
- Full day, 7h51 to Whittier, the nearest town on our road map
- Water
- Saltwater
- Best time
- chum and pink salmon; salt water species
- Fish
- Coho (silver), Pink (humpy), Chum, Halibut, Rockfish
Part of Girdwood & Portage.
What it is like
Port Chalmers is located on Montague Island which lies in the Gulf of Alaska, at the entrance to Prince William Sound. USFS cabin available for rent by calling 1-877-444-6777 or visiting www.recreation.gov