Baranof Warm Springs Bay. The river emptying into the bay is a rushing rapid, not snow or ice. Alaska004p1
After calling at Wrangell and Sitka, Maana II docked at Warm Springs Bay. Warm Springs Bay is on the opposite side of Baranof Island from Sitka. It would be called off the grid today. The were rustic wooden bunkhouses. There was no electricity. At night, we had to light kerosene lamps for illumination. The facilities were out back. I felt like I had stepped into the 1961 film North to Alaska, about the Alaska Gold Rush era. There were warm springs here for bathing, but we did not go in them. There was a day of trail hiking over to Baranof Lake and wilderness exploring. I fished for the first time in the Baranof River. Another adventure!
