The Lutak Dock is more than 50 years old, but efforts to repair and improve it have taken decades to come to fruition. (Lex Treinen/Chilkat Valley News)
The Lutak Dock is more than 50 years old, but efforts to repair and improve it have taken decades to come to fruition. (Lex Treinen/Chilkat Valley News)

The assembly has thrown its support behind encapsulation for the Lutak Dock, the design concept most similar to that of previous dock contractor Turnagain Marine. 

The concept calls for building a steel retaining wall to stabilize some of the existing dock face, with the rest of the existing…

Will Steinfeld is a documentary photographer and reporter in Southeast Alaska, formerly in New England.