History
The Alaska Marine Highway was founded in 1948 by Haines residents Steve Homer and Ray Gelotte, who used a converted LCT-Mark VI landing craft which they christened the M/V Chilkat Their business was purchased by the territorial government in 1951 and renamed the Alaska Marine Highway System by the state government in 1963. Service was extended to Prince Rupert, British Columbia that year, and to Seattle, Washington (at Pier 48), in 1967. The southern terminus of the AMHS was moved from Seattle to Bellingham, Washington in October 1989, after years of lobbying by Bellingham and the construction of the Bellingham Cruise Terminal.
In September 2005, the Alaska Marine Highway was named an All-American Road by the Federal Highway Administration.
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