Alaska state ferry service between Ketchikan and Prince Rupert, British Columbia, resumed this week, after an almost-three-year absence from the Canadian port.
The Matanuska made a quick round trip Monday — with 83 passengers and 39 vehicles — and is scheduled for another voyage on Friday.
“Well, we’re thrilled,” Bill Urquhart, who was waiting to board the Matanuska, told the Ketchikan Daily News. “We’ve been waiting for two years to be able to do this…

