Prince William Sound...God's Country

The God of Rain



Prince William Sound is located in South Central Alaska. It's protected waters and
beautiful scenery make it ideal for small pleasure craft. Capt Cook was the first
European to sail into these waters. He named it Sandwich Sound however the cartographers
liked the name Prince William Sound better. He also named several of the islands.



I often take my 13ft inflatable into PWS to camp, photograph, explore, and fish.
It's always great to get away from the city and enjoy the wilderness of Alaska.



Here we rented a forest service cabin. The tide is out beaching my boat.



My sister and I enjoying the view after unpacking the boat.



There are a few seals around, but not many.



Be forwarded before coming to PWS. It rains almost every day. 180-230 inches of percipitation
per year. It's the the wettest place in North America. I once spent four days camping in a
tent. I think it stopped raining for a total of three hours. My four season tent leaked
after the third day and my sleeping bag got wet. Gortex isn't waterproof, wear plastic.



Getting wet wood to ignite can be a challenge. Dress warm because you can't always rely
on the wood stove working properly. This one filled the cabin with smoke due to
a rusted out stove pipe.



PWS gets lots of snow. This photo was taken the first week of June.



The snow is gone by July. Taken from Culross Island. You can see Knight Island in the
background. When the sun comes out it can be truely wonderful.



The ground is spongy from all the water. PWS has a few blacktail deer and lots of black bears.


Here is the Columbia Glacier, about five miles away.


There are lots of waterfalls which make great photographs.



Drop me a line at neilmoomey@gci.net

(These photographs were taken in 1995)
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