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Angoon receives multi-million dollar grant to boost local tourism
Posted by Erin McKinstry, KCAW | May 11, 2021
Aerial view of Angoon. (Emily Russell/KCAW Photo)
The Admiralty Island village of Angoon has received nearly 2 million dollars in federal funding to build a visitor center. The relief money is meant to combat economic impacts brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. Local leaders hope it will boost a homegrown cultural tourism industry.
Angoon doesn’t get big cruise ships, even in non-pandemic times. But they still normally see a small but steady stream of tourists in the summer. There are a handful of fishing lodges and a couple of small boats bringing visitors to the island community of around 500. ....

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