Port Alexander, Alaska

Port Alexander (Lingít: Shee Yat’aḵ.aan[3]) is a city at the southeastern corner of Baranof Island in Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area,[4] Alaska, United States.

However, residents were independent and desired to govern themselves so they successfully sought to detach themselves from the new municipality.

The Port Alexander Historical Society successfully completed the project of creating a small museum celebrating the town's history in the 2000s.

It comprises less than one-quarter of one percent of Baranof Island's land area.

Despite its latitude at 56°14'N Port Alexander has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification: Cfb) with cool, wet (In Port Alexander's case snowy) winters, and mild, dry summers.

The racial makeup of the city was 83.95% White, 4.94% Native American, and 11.11% from two or more races.

38.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

Aerial image of Port Alexander, Alaska
Prince of Wales–Hyder Census Area map