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==Transportation== Craig, the island's largest population center<ref>{{Cite web | title=Prince of Wales Island Community Profies - Craig | publisher=[[Prince of Wales Island (Alaska)|Prince of Wales Island]] Chamber of Commerce | url=http://www.princeofwalescoc.org/profiles.html | access-date=June 30, 2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000203095942/http://www.princeofwalescoc.org/profiles.html | archive-date=February 3, 2000 | url-status=dead }}</ref> and administrative hub<ref name=FS-PoW-C/> for many island companies and organizations,<ref>{{Cite web | title=Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan Census Area: Economic Overview | publisher=[[Alaska Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development]] | url=http://www.dced.state.ak.us/dca/aeis/POW/General/POW_General_Narrative.htm | access-date=June 30, 2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040827221110/http://www.dced.state.ak.us/dca/AEIS/POW/General/POW_General_Narrative.htm | archive-date=August 27, 2004 | url-status=dead }}</ref> actually has limited-direct transportation off Prince of Wales Island. ===Seaplane base=== Transportation is primarily via floatplane charters at [[Craig Seaplane Base]]. [[Klawock Airport]] can accommodate wheeled-aircraft and is a short drive away. ===Ferry=== [[Inter-Island Ferry Authority]] provides regularly scheduled year-round ferry service between [[Ketchikan, Alaska|Ketchikan]] and [[Hollis, Alaska|Hollis]] located on the Eastern coast of Prince of Wales island. The Inter-Island Ferry Authority's central offices are located in [[Klawock, Alaska |Klawock]]. The ferry terminal is located an hour drive outside of Craig and the ferry takes 3 hours to get to Ketchikan, Alaska.<ref> {{Cite web | title=Inter-Island Ferry Authority | publisher=[[Inter-Island Ferry Authority]] | url=http://www.InterIslandFerry.com/ }} </ref> There are a few marine shipping companies providing scheduled cargo barge service to South-Eastern, Alaska. Craig is usually one of their ports-of-call, handling inter-modal shipping containers for deliveries to other communities.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Prince of Wales Island Transportation - Craig |publisher=[[Prince of Wales Island (Alaska)|Prince of Wales Island]] Chamber of Commerce |url=http://www.princeofwalescoc.org/transport.html |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080513050832/http://www.princeofwalescoc.org/transport.html |archivedate=May 13, 2008 }}</ref> ===Shuttle=== Prince of Wales Transportation based in Craig, provides island-wide shuttle services from the ferry terminals to the other communities and island attractions.<ref>{{Cite web | title=Prince of Wales Island guide - 2007 | publisher=[[Prince of Wales Island (Alaska)|Prince of Wales]] Chamber of Commerce | url=http://www.princeofwalescoc.org/POW_2007.pdf | access-date=July 1, 2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070923003739/http://www.princeofwalescoc.org/POW_2007.pdf | archive-date=September 23, 2007 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
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