Did you fly to Juneau to find those treasures? Or did you take the marine highway system? The 4 years I worked in Ketchikan I always drove from Michigan and then took the ferry from either Prince Rupert or Bellingham!...what an incredible boat ride! I even made MSNBC's news...they did a story called..."Hitching a ride on the Alaska marine highway system!". You can still find it on the internet.
Actually I just checked...the nbc story was..."pitch a tent to see the inside passage!". But it is still on the internet even though it was written in 2012. I'm the bear guide with the S & W 500 magnum!