More than 31,000 passengers a year boarded a state ferry in Haines 2010 through 2015, and more than 31,000 a year walked or drove off the ships during that six-year period.
From 36,134 boardings in fiscal 2014 (July 2013 to June 2014), Haines boardings fell to about 32,991 in 2017, 24,146 in fiscal year 2019, and then crashed with the pandemic.
Passenger counts for 2022, which ended June 30, are unclear. An Alaska Marine Highway…
