The George family assists an overturned boat Sunday afternoon in Lutak Inlet. Sunday, July 19, 2026. (Courtesy/Kerry McIver)

The Chilkoot River sockeye run arrived in a large surge last weekend, bringing the fish count at Alaska Department of Fish and Game’s Chilkoot Weir to nearly six-times what it had been just 48 hours before.

As of Friday evening, roughly 3,000 sockeye had passed through the weir since it was installed at the end of May,…

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