Stretching ninety miles along Alaska’s Inside Passage, the Lynn Canal is North America’s deepest fjord. It’s waters were the lifeblood of the Klondike Gold Rush, and now offer a window into the wild that defines Alaska. The Lynn Canal also ties the people of Alaska’s “Southeast” together. It is their highway.
But for over three decades, the fight over a new highway, a land-based road running alongside the canal, has divided communities and left the future of the Lynn Canal in doubt.
Blue Highway begins as a film about a kayak trip tracing the historic Lynn Canal travels of John Muir, but becomes a study of both sides of the battle over the proposed Juneau Access Road. After more than 30 years of debate, is there anything left to say, and can two sides separated by environmental, economic and cultural concerns ever come together?
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June 23rd, 2009 at 3:23 pm
Beautiful film!
July 2nd, 2009 at 5:09 pm
I just completed an eight day kayaking trip in the east arm of Glacier bay. I am also from Massachusetts, which has spent over $15 billion on the Big Dig. I think You will end up spending much more than this on the Blue Highway. This is Alaska. I think air and ship transportation is the much more appropriate means to provide transportation.