The Alaska Marine Highway System is the state-run Alaskan ferry system that has been operating year-round since 1963. It incorporates ten vessels and over thirty main ports. The system includes ports from as far south as Bellingham, Washington, as far north as Valdez, Alaska, to as far west as King Cove, Alaska.
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Alaska Marine Highway Ferry System Main Information (http://www.dot.state.ak.us/amhs/index.html)
The AlaskaMarineHighwaySystem operates along the southcentral coast of the state, the eastern Aleutian islands and the Inside Passage of Alaska and British Columbia, Canada.
The AlaskaMarineHighway's main hub is in Juneau, though administrative offices were recently and controversially moved to Ketchikan.
Lower-income and Alaska Native groups are primary patrons of the ferries because of the system's relatively cheap fares compared to air carriers such as Alaska Airlines for larger towns and bush plane carriers for villages.
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