Alaskan Cruise - Juneau Slide Show

Juneau, Alaska

The approach to Juneau on a dark & gloomy day.

Entering the harbor in Juneau.

A commercial dock.

Residential Juneau.

Residential Juneau.

Residential Juneau.

Invisible World Trading Company textiles on the left; Baranof Jewellers on the right, closed down after our v2012 visit. Both were tourist magnets on South Franklin St!

Small boat moorings off Egan Drive.

The Mount Roberts aerial tramway located just south of downtown Juneau has operated since 1996. Mount Roberts is 1,164 m (3,819 feet) tall, and the tram takes 6 minutes to ascend or descend. The two cabins are connected by a 2.4 km (7,875 foot) cable 35mm (1.4 ins) thick.

The "Passengers Not Allowed On Top Of This House" mural in Juneau Harbor.

Wonderful images on the side of a public car park in Juneau. Click the image for a closer view.

Hidden in the car park building, we found the ciry library. Free WiFi!

View down South Franklin Street towards the cruise ship docks.

To quote the shop: "Glacier Silt Soap is handmade by a local family with smooth glacial silt for unbelievably soft skin". So there you have it.

Heading up Main Street towards the Juneau-Douglas City Museum on the left and the "Windfall Fisherman" sculpture on the right.

The "Windfall Fisherman". Celebrates the first 25 years of Alaska Statehood. Click the image for more details.

The Juneau-Douglas City Museum on the corner of 4th and Main streets. The 1951 building was, originally, the Juneau Memorial Library. It became the museum in the 1980s. The museum includes items relating to gold mining, hydropower, skiing, outdoor recreation, fishing, politics and city history.

The Alaska Fisherman's Building. I am unable to find any information about it!

The Alaska State Capitol building. It houses the Alaska Legislature, and the Governor & Lieutenant Governor of Alaska. Building started in1929, and it opened on February 14, 1931.

The view from the State Office Building on W 4th Street/Calhoun Ave, just off Main Street.

The view from the State Office Building on W 4th Street/Calhoun Ave, just off Main Street.

A grumpy crow as seen on the roof of the State Office Building.

The Governor's Mansion.

The St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church was built in 1893.

The Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary on Fifth Street in Juneau. A church was built in on this site in 1886 and was replaced by this cathedral in 1910. It is considered to be the smallest cathedral in North America.

The Holy Trinity Episcopal Church on Gold Street in Juneau. Built in 2009 to replace an earlier church, built in 1896, that had burned down in March of 2006.

Now a few flower pictures starting withwhat I believe to be a Himalayan Blue Poppy.

A lovely display of Purple & White Pansies.

Last, but deinately not least, the alpine forget-me-not; Alaska's state flower.

A rather poor picture of the interior of the famous "Red Dog Saloon".

Before we leave Juneau, here are some pictures of the interior of Judge Wickersham's house starting with the view from the house.

Built in 1898 on a ridge overlooking Juneau, he and his wife bought it in 1928. He died in 1939.

Heading out of Juneau en route to Tracy Arm.

The approach to Juneau on a dark & gloomy day.

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