Port of Seattle Has Record Year; Almost One Million Cruise Passengers Pass Through

[kcowan]

Well as you know, The Jones Act requires foreign operated vessels carrying US passengers between US ports to make at least one stop at a "distant" port.

Therefore cruises will make at least one stop in Canada before getting to Alaska. Usually they stop at Victoria Island.

Victoria Island is in the high arctic. The city of Victoria on Vancouver Island is one port, but as my links illustrated, there are others such as Nanaimo, Campbell River, and even Vancouver. Customs clearance for day trippers is much simpler.