Haines is near the northern end of Alaska's inside passage, on a thin peninsula between the Chilkat and Chilkoot Rivers. It is a small town of fewer than 2,000 residents, overseen by the Chilkoot band of the Tlingit indigenous people.
Tourists visit Haines to see an example of a small Alaskan community away from big cities, as well as to see one of the bigger concentrations of bald eagles and brown bears.
On the top of a hillside above Haines sits Fort William H. Seward, a National Historic Landmark. It was initially built to keep an eye on unruly mobs during a gold rush. It also provided an American military outpost during the time the United States and Canada disputed the boundary.
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