Seven Tlingit men left Portage Cove at 4:30 a.m. Wednesday in a traditional canoe headed for Juneau, the first voyage of its kind from Haines in modern times.
The trip is the culmination of a project by the Chilkoot Indian Association’s Youth Development Program and the “well-briety” movement advocated by artist Wayne Price, who led the carving of the 22-foot canoe starting a year ago.
Paddlers helped make the craft and also carved their own…
