You are at the official Edna Bay Alaska home page. Edna Bay is located in Southeast Alaska on the remote island of Kosciusko (pronounced kah-zee-UH-sko), which resides in the heart of the beautiful Tongass National Forest. Kosciusko is part of a large group of islands named the Alexander Archipelago. This area is home to some of the largest standing old growth Sitka Spruce in the state, as well as many other massive sized evergreens that are part of the rainforests here.

Click the link below to download a PDF copy of the letter approved and signed by 8 communities in Southeast Alaska opposing the latest revisions proposed by Senator Lisa Murkoski to the Senate Bill S.881.

Below is the proposed SEAlaska Corp. land acquisition area. Shown in the map is the land that the Edna Bay and Cape Pole communities occupy in relation to the proposed SEAlaska land claim. Please click the image below to see a larger view.

As can be seen from the above image, the acquisition will - if completed - drastically impact the communities of Edna Bay and Cape Pole. Details on the quality of life, and lifestyle currently offered in the community can be found in the Community History page - all of these things will be forever changed if bill S.881 is passed with the current specifications that disregard the existence of these communities.

Both communities will lose nearly all access to the extensive road system that makes the subsistence lifestyle here possible. The loss of the 100+ miles of the tax payer funded inner island road system from the island will completely decimate access to required subsistence resources like personal use timber, berries/resources, firewood, water, hunting/fishing as well as a complete loss of recreational, tourism, and safety uses that access to the US Forest Service road system grants the community. Transference of the land to a private entity will permanently impact any possible access and sustained resources available to the community, and it will be permenently impacted at a time of dramatic growth without the public at large being aware of the transaction.

Not only will the people of the local communities lose access to the things that make life here possible, the island's many wondrous features will be lost. The island of Kosciusko contains one of the largest sub systems of karsts in the world, and the island is also home to what are believed to be some of the largest old growth trees in the state of Alaska. All of these things will be forever lost if this land is transferred out of the public domain where it is currently held, used and enjoyed by not only people from the local communities, but by people from around the world. The transference of these lands to a private, for-proffit entity will forever impact the island of Kosciusko, and destroy a precious gem that there are so few of left in this world.

I urge anyone reading this to share this story with friends, family, your local representatives, the media, and anyone that can help shed light on this silent war that is being fought against the people, and place that is Edna Bay.

This image is taken from the 1997 EIS for Prince of Wales Island USFS.

The black lines have been drawn in to represent Sealaska land selections designated in S.881.

AT&T Broadband services are now available in the community! AT&T is offering always on, high-speed service to Edna Bay. Service plans ranging from 256Kbps to 768kbps are currently available to all residents.

A beautiful picture of Edna Bay taken from a mountain top.

This site is the resource for information about Edna Bay, and images from around the area. Be sure to look through each page on the site, as they all contain lots of different information.

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