Yacht charters seeking wildlife will love Admiralty Island or Kootznoowoo (Fortress of the Bear) as it is known to the indigenous Tlingits.
Admiralty Island is home to the highest density of brown bears in North America. About 1,600 brown bears inhabit the island. They outnumber the Tlingit community of Angoon (the only settlement on the island) about three to one.
The Admiralty Island National Monument, a federally protected Wilderness Area, occupies most of the island. The old growth temperate rainforest is also home to bald eagles and Sitka black-tailed deer. An ideal place to observe the brown bears is The Pack Creek Brown Bear Viewing Area. Here, charter yacht visitors can see the bears fish for salmon and interact in their natural habitat. |
