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Shishaldin Volcano rises 9372 ft and is one of those perfect cone volcanos. It is on Unimak Island, though you can not see it from the village of False Pass. You can see it from Grant's Point in the Izembek Refuge near Cold Bay, and you will see it as your voyage continues toward Dutch Harbor.
Updated Sep 21, 2003
Address: Unimak Island
This Photo is (I think) of Cape Pankof on a peninsula that sticks out from Unimak Island. To me, it looks like a dragon in repose. His head down on the ground, the long neck, and then his massive body, with his wing folded neatly by his side.
Please do not wake him, as he might attack the boat.
I love old maps, the kind that state "Thar be Dragons" when much of the areas were unknown, and men were afeared of sailing off the edge of the world.
Written Sep 21, 2003
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As we departed False Pass on this dreary, drizzly day, the sun started peaking out and we were treated to a rainbow.
The Aleutian Islands are sometimes dubbed "The place were storms are born" but as you can see, it can also be the place where the rainbow starts.
Written Sep 21, 2003
Address: False Pass, AK 99583
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Friends love to get postcards from exotic places, and Alaska may be exotic enough, but write a few cards on the boat, then post them from False Pass in the Aleutian Chain. It still costs only 23 cents either from Anchorage or way out inFalse Pass.
A great souvenier for stamp collectors.
Written Sep 21, 2003
Address: False Pass, AK 99583
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General Simon Bolivar Baker built a runway and a secret base on Unimak Island during WWII to stage bombing runs on the occupied islands of Kiska and Attu. in what is known as the thousand mile war.
Many are unaware that the Aleutians were occupied, and as a preperation for this trip I read the book, "The Thousand Mile War" which starts with the bombing of Dutch Harbor.
Written Sep 21, 2003
Address: False Pass, AK 99583
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False Pass is a fishing village. The yards are quite overgrown, and the adornments are fishing nets, and maybe some caibou antlers from hunting parties to the mainland.
Life is very basic here, as you can see by the modest dwellings.
Written Sep 21, 2003
Address: False Pass, AK 99583
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I didn't get the story on this grave marker, but I didn't know that Smokey was dead, nor did I know that he was Othodox in faith.
Good bye Smokey. Only you can prevent Forest Fires.
Funny though, there are no trees in the Aleutian Islands, so there are no forests, poor Smokey loves the forest, and may have died of a broken heart, to be here with no trees.
Written Sep 21, 2003
Address: False Pass Graveyard
Bearing Pacific Seafoods opened its doors, and put on a salmon feed, with grilled, smoked, or dried salmon. The salmon of the day were fresh red salmon.
Now it is time to learn the "Wild Alaska Salmon Polka" . . . a one, a two ...
"I love Alaska Salmon, wild Alaska Salmon, caught by Alaskan fishermen. (repeat)
"Don't want no T-Bone steak, cut from a steer in Texas, just give me fish, and I don't give a darn if I do pay Taxes
Chorus: (Everybody)
"I love Alaska Salmon, wild Alaska Salmon, caught by Alaskan fishermen (repeat)"
Favorite Dish: Grilled red salmon with baked beans.
Take some smoked or dried salmon for a snack later.
"Wild Alaska Fish from Wild Alaskan Waters"
Written Sep 21, 2003
Address: Alaska Pacific Seafoods
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The villagers of False Pass were more industrious than in any of the previous villages we stopped at. With the ferry only making monthly appearances, we thought there would be more of this dockside selling.
Glass floats from fishing nets, grass weaving, sealskin hats. There were some wonderful bargains here. I have seen the prices in the tourist shops, If you want these items buy them in False Pass.
What to buy: I bought a woven grass hair piece for $30 USD, we later saw the same piece in a gift shop in Portage, by the same woman for $90!
Bob, the purser on the Tustemena, got a new warm sealskin hat, for those cold winter nights.
The glass ball floats are a bargain here also, again about 1/2 to 1/3 the price elsewhere.
What to pay: Prices here are somewhere between 1/2 and 1/3 of the prices in gift shops in tourist areas, but they don't accept plastic. Cash is king.
Written Sep 21, 2003
Address: False Pass Pier
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These two cuties were selling sand dollars they had found on the beach. A dollar for a dollar. The girls were irresistable, but I am not quite sure of the names. I think they are Coral and Jewel, but it could just as easily be Pearl and Jewel. No matter though, they are very cute.
False Pass was the first village that people greeted the boat with items to sell.
What to buy: Sand Dollars. You will not get the explanitory card that comes with sand dollars you buy in tourist shops that tell about the religious symbolism and that other rot. You can look that up on-line if you wish.
What to pay: Trade a paper dollar for a sand dollar.
Written Sep 21, 2003
Address: Main Street, False Pass, AK 99583
Website: http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/echinodermata/echinodermata.html
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