Editing Haines, Alaska

{{Distinguish|Haines Junction, Yukon}}
{{for|Haines Mission|Fort William H. Seward}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox settlement
| official_name      = City and Borough of Haines
| native_name        = Deishú
| settlement_type    = Home Rule Borough
| nickname           = 
| motto              = The Adventure Capital of Alaska

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| image_caption      = Haines, viewed from the northeast from Mount Ripinsky with [[Chilkoot Inlet]] on the left, [[Chilkat Inlet]] on the right, and the [[Chilkat Peninsula]] extending into the distance
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| subdivision_name   = United States
| subdivision_type1  = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_name1  = [[Alaska]]
| subdivision_type2  = [[List of boroughs and census areas in Alaska|Borough]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Haines Borough, Alaska|Haines]]
| government_footnotes = 
| government_type    = 
| leader_title       = Borough [[mayor]]
| leader_name        = Tom Morphet
| leader_title1      = [[Alaska Senate|State senator]]
| leader_name1       = [[Jesse Kiehl]] ([[Democratic Party (United States)|D]])
| leader_title2      = [[Alaska House of Representatives|State rep.]]
| leader_name2       = [[Andi Story]] (D)
| established_title  = Incorporated
| established_date   = January 24, 1910
| established_title1 = Disincorporated
| established_date1  = October 17, 2002<small> (consolidated with a reincorporated [[Haines Borough]])</small>

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| area_land_sq_mi    = 13.25
| area_water_sq_mi   = 7.43
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| population_footnotes = 
| population_total   = 1657
| population_density_km2 = auto

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| elevation_ft       = 36
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| postal_code_type   = [[ZIP code]]
| postal_code        = 99827
| area_code          = [[Area code 907|907]]
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| blank_info         = 02-31050
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'''Haines''' ([[Tlingit language|Tlingit]]: ''Deishú'') is a [[census-designated place]] located in [[Haines Borough, Alaska|Haines Borough]], [[Alaska]], United States. It is in the northern part of the [[Southeast Alaska|Alaska Panhandle]] and near [[Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve]].<ref name="USDA">{{cite web|url=https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fsbdev2_037857.pdf|publisher=[[USDA]]|access-date=May 18, 2018|title=Skagway - Forest Service}}</ref> As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the population of the Haines CDP was 1,657,<ref name="2020 Census Data">{{cite web | url = https://live.laborstats.alaska.gov/cen/2020-census-data.html | title = 2020 Census Data - Cities and Census Designated Places | format = Web | publisher = State of Alaska, Department of Labor and Workforce Development | access-date = October 31, 2021}}</ref> down from 1,713 in 2010;<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder2.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US0231050| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Haines CDP, Alaska| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| work=American Factfinder| access-date=April 14, 2017}}{{dead link|bot=medic|date=April 2020}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> it has 79.6% of Haines Borough's total population.

==History==
[[File:Haines Alaska.jpg|thumb|left|[[Fort William H. Seward]]]]

The original Native name for Haines was Deishú, meaning "end of the trail"; <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hainesalaska.gov/tourism/history-haines-alaska|title = History of Haines Alaska &#124; Haines Alaska}}</ref> it was named by the Chilkat group of the [[Tlingit]]. The name is derived from the fact that they could [[portage]] (carry) their canoes from the [[Dalton Trail|trail]] they used to trade with the interior. The trail began at the outlet of the [[Chilkat River]] and went to Dtehshuh; portaging saved {{convert|20|mi}} of rowing around the [[Chilkat Peninsula]].

The first European, George Dickinson, an agent for the [[North West Trading Company]], settled at Dtehshuh in 1879. In 1881, the Chilkat asked [[Sheldon Jackson]] to send missionaries to the area. 

John Muir and [[Samuel Hall Young]], a [[Presbyterian]] minister, were sent. Jackson built the Chilkat Mission and school at Dtehshuh in 1881, on land given to the church by the Chilkat. The Mission was renamed "Haines" in 1884 in honor of Francina E. Haines, the chairwoman of the committee that raised funds for its construction.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sheldonmuseum.org/vignettes/general-history-haines-alaska|title = Historical Vignettes &#124; Haines Sheldon Museum|date = October 26, 2020}}</ref> Haines is the only town in Southeast Alaska to have been named after a woman.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Borneman |first1=Walter R. |title=Alaska: Saga of a Bold Land |date=2004 |publisher=Perennial |page=127}}</ref> At the time, the boundary between Canada and the U.S. was [[Alaska boundary dispute|disputed and vaguely defined]]. There were overlapping land claims from the United States' purchase of Alaska from [[Russian Empire|Russia]] in 1867 and British claims along the coast.

The [[Klondike Gold Rush]] of 1896–1899 changed the region greatly. Haines became a supply center for the [[Dalton Trail]] from [[Chilkat Inlet]] offered a route to the [[Yukon]] for prospectors. Gold was discovered {{convert|36|mi}} from Haines in 1899 at the Porcupine District. The sudden importance of the region increased the urgency of fixing an exact boundary. There were reports that Canadian citizens were harassed by the U.S. as a deterrent to making any land claims. In 1898 the national governments agreed on a compromise, but the government of [[British Columbia]] rejected it. U.S. President [[William McKinley|McKinley]] proposed a ninety-nine year lease of a port near Haines, but Canada rejected that compromise.

The economy continued to grow and diversify. Four canneries were constructed around the mission by 1900. However, the completion of the [[White Pass and Yukon Route]] railway in neighboring [[Skagway, Alaska|Skagway]] that same year led to the Dalton Trail's eventual abandonment and Haines' economic decline. In 1903, the [[Hay-Herbert Treaty]] entrusted the border decision to arbitration by a mixed tribunal of six members, three American and three Canadian–British, who determined in favor of the United States, resulting in the present-day border.

[[Fort William H. Seward]], a [[United States Army]] installation, was constructed south of Haines and completed by 1904, on property donated by the mission from its holdings. In 1922, the fort was renamed Chilkoot Barracks. It was the only United States Army post in Alaska before World War II.<ref>{{citation |title= The History of Haines, Alaska |year= 2019 |url= http://explorenorth.com/alaska/history/haines-history.html}}</ref> During [[World War II]], it was used as a supply point for some U.S. Army activities in Alaska. 

In 1943, the US Army built the [[Haines Highway]] to [[Haines Junction, Yukon]]

The fort was deactivated in 1946 and sold as surplus property to a group of investors (Ted Gregg, Carl Heinmiller, Marty Cordes, Clarence Mattson, and Steve Homer) who called it "Port Chilkoot", thus forming the Port Chilkoot Company. Port Chilkoot was [[Municipal corporation|incorporated]] as a city in 1956. In 1970, Port Chilkoot merged with Haines into one municipality. Heinmiller was Port Chilkoot's mayor for the majority of its existence as a separate city. In 1972, the fort was designated a [[National Historic Landmark]] and the name, Fort William H. Seward, was restored.

Haines was the southern terminal of the [[Haines-Fairbanks Pipeline]] (not connected or related to the [[Trans-Alaska Pipeline System]]), which provided refined petroleum products to [[Fort Greely]], [[Eielson Air Force Base]], and [[Ladd Air Force Base]] (transferred to the Army as [[Fort Wainwright]] in 1961). The {{convert|626|mi|adj=on}}, {{convert|8|in|adj=on}} pipeline carried diesel, automotive gas, jet fuel, and aviation gas from Haines to [[Fairbanks, Alaska|Fairbanks]] from 1955 until it was retired by the [[United States Army|U.S. Army]] in 1973, due to deterioration and prohibitive repair costs. An Army facility with storage tanks existed alongside the Haines Terminal, which was maintained by the Army for another decade. The construction and maintenance of the terminal and storage facility were a significant factor in the Haines economy for four decades.<ref>{{citation |title= The Haines-Fairbanks Pipeline |first= Kristy |last= Hollinge |year= 2003 |publisher= Conservation Branch, Directorate of Public Works, U.S. Army Alaska |url= http://www.usarak.army.mil/conservation/files/pipelinewebfredo.pdf |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110813094650/http://www.usarak.army.mil/conservation/files/pipelinewebfredo.pdf |archive-date= August 13, 2011 }}</ref> All but one of the canneries closed by 1972 due to declining fish stocks leaving Haines Packing Co. as the sole remaining cannery located in Haines.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hainespacking.com/about-1|title=About|website=Haines Packing Co.|language=en-US|access-date=August 16, 2019|archive-date=August 16, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190816050702/http://www.hainespacking.com/about-1|url-status=dead}}</ref> Nonetheless, commercial fishing remained an important part of the local economy.

In October 2002, voters approved a measure consolidating the city of Haines and Haines Borough into a [[home rule]] [[Borough (United States)#Alaska|borough]].<ref>{{citation |title=British Columbia |first1= Ryan |last1=Ver Berkmoes| first2=Graham |last2=Neale| year=2004| publisher= Lonely Planet| url= https://books.google.com/books?id=2EW1O1GdxRIC&q=%22Haines,+Alaska%22&pg=RA4-PA349| isbn=978-1-74104-023-4}}</ref>

==Geography and climate==
Haines has a dry-summer [[humid continental climate]] with warm summers ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]]: ''Dsb''), although featuring nearly double the precipitation of nearby [[Skagway]].

[[File:Bosque junto al glaciar Davidson, Haines, Alaska, Estados Unidos, 2017-08-18, DD 51.jpg|thumb|A forest next to [[Davidson Glacier]], near Haines.]]
The Haines CDP is located in the north-central part of Haines Borough at {{coord|59.233800|-135.447009|type:city_region:US|format=dms|display=inline}}.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> The CDP is situated on the [[Chilkat Peninsula]] at a narrow spot called the Deshu Isthmus. The community is bounded by Portage Cove of [[Chilkoot Inlet]] to the east and by the [[Chilkat River]] at its mouth into the Chilkat Inlet to the west. To the south, down the Chilkat Peninsula, Haines is bordered by the CDP of [[Mud Bay, Alaska|Mud Bay]], and, to the north, it is bordered by the [[Lutak, Alaska|Lutak]] CDP. [[Alaska Route 7]], the Haines Highway, terminates at Haines and leads northwest {{convert|39|mi}} to the Canadian border near [[Pleasant Camp, British Columbia]]. The Haines Highway continues north to a junction with the [[Alaska Highway]] at [[Haines Junction]], [[Yukon]], {{convert|147|mi}} from Haines.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the Haines CDP has a total area of {{convert|53.4|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|34.2|sqkm|order=flip}} are land and {{convert|19.3|sqkm|order=flip}}, or 36.02%, are water.<ref name="Census 2010" /> Winters are mild by Alaskan standards, with an average January high temperature around {{convert|30|°F|°C|1|disp=or}}, and the average low around {{convert|20|°F|°C|1|disp=or}}. Summers are cool to mild, with an average July high temperature of {{convert|65|°F|°C|1|disp=or}}, and an average low of {{convert|51|°F|°C|1|disp=or}}. Various days in the summer surpass {{convert|77|°F|°C|disp=or}}, with highest recorded temperature being {{convert|98|°F|°C|1|disp=or}} on July 31, 1976, and the record low is {{convert|−18|°F|°C|1|disp=or}} on January 3, 1998.

During the 21st century, Haines has twice set a local record for snowfall: for the 2006−2007 season it received {{convert|309|in|m}} of snow, a record broken during the 2011−2012 season, when it received {{convert|360|in|m}}.<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.cnn.com/2012/04/08/us/alaska-record-snowfall/ | title= Anchorage breaks seasonal snowfall record | date= April 8, 2012| publisher= CNN | access-date=April 9, 2012| quote= Other record-setters in the state include Haines, a community about {{convert|92|mi}} north of Juneau that saw about {{convert|36|in}} of snow for the 2011-2012 season -- smashing the previous record of {{convert|309|in}} set five years ago, according to the weather service.}}</ref>
{{Weather box
|location = Haines, Alaska ([[Haines Airport]]) (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1911–present){{efn|Snowfall and snow days from Haines #2}}
|single line = Y
|Jan record high F = 57
|Feb record high F = 53
|Mar record high F = 63
|Apr record high F = 75
|May record high F = 84
|Jun record high F = 92
|Jul record high F = 98
|Aug record high F = 95
|Sep record high F = 86
|Oct record high F = 65
|Nov record high F = 65
|Dec record high F = 61
|year record high F = 98
| Jan avg record high F = 43.7
| Feb avg record high F = 44.9
| Mar avg record high F = 48.4
| Apr avg record high F = 61.4
| May avg record high F = 72.6
| Jun avg record high F = 79.6
| Jul avg record high F = 77.4
| Aug avg record high F = 77.8
| Sep avg record high F = 67.7
| Oct avg record high F = 56.5
| Nov avg record high F = 45.6
| Dec avg record high F = 44.0
|year avg record high F = 83.2

|Jan high F = 30.1
|Feb high F = 34.1
|Mar high F = 38.6
|Apr high F = 49.8
|May high F = 59.5
|Jun high F = 64.1
|Jul high F = 65.4
|Aug high F = 64.2
|Sep high F = 57.4
|Oct high F = 47.8
|Nov high F = 36.3
|Dec high F = 31.9
|year high F =

|Jan mean F = 24.4
|Feb mean F = 28.0
|Mar mean F = 32.5
|Apr mean F = 42.1
|May mean F = 50.8
|Jun mean F = 56.6
|Jul mean F = 58.8
|Aug mean F = 57.6
|Sep mean F = 51.6
|Oct mean F = 42.6
|Nov mean F = 31.3
|Dec mean F = 26.9
|year mean F =

|Jan low F = 18.6
|Feb low F = 22.0
|Mar low F = 26.4
|Apr low F = 34.4
|May low F = 42.2
|Jun low F = 49.0
|Jul low F = 52.1
|Aug low F = 50.9
|Sep low F = 45.8
|Oct low F = 37.5
|Nov low F = 26.3
|Dec low F = 21.8
|year low F =

| Jan avg record low F = 0.4
| Feb avg record low F = 6.2
| Mar avg record low F = 11.3
| Apr avg record low F = 24.3
| May avg record low F = 34.4
| Jun avg record low F = 41.9
| Jul avg record low F = 46.9
| Aug avg record low F = 45.0
| Sep avg record low F = 35.6
| Oct avg record low F = 26.9
| Nov avg record low F = 12.3
| Dec avg record low F = 5.7
|year avg record low F = -4.2
|Jan record low F = -18
|Feb record low F = -16
|Mar record low F = -7
|Apr record low F = 6
|May record low F = 26
|Jun record low F = 30
|Jul record low F = 31
|Aug record low F = 32
|Sep record low F = 24
|Oct record low F = 6
|Nov record low F = -11
|Dec record low F = -14
|year record low F= -18

|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation inch = 4.86
|Feb precipitation inch = 3.36
|Mar precipitation inch = 3.04
|Apr precipitation inch = 2.35
|May precipitation inch = 1.88
|Jun precipitation inch = 1.55
|Jul precipitation inch = 1.74
|Aug precipitation inch = 3.21
|Sep precipitation inch = 5.91
|Oct precipitation inch = 6.79
|Nov precipitation inch = 5.65
|Dec precipitation inch = 7.06
|year precipitation inch = 47.40

|unit precipitation days = 0.01 in
|Jan precipitation days = 19.7
|Feb precipitation days = 14.9
|Mar precipitation days = 14.5
|Apr precipitation days = 12.6
|May precipitation days = 10.0
|Jun precipitation days = 10.9
|Jul precipitation days = 12.6
|Aug precipitation days = 14.8
|Sep precipitation days = 18.5
|Oct precipitation days = 19.5
|Nov precipitation days = 18.4
|Dec precipitation days = 20.2

|Jan snow inch = 45.0
|Feb snow inch = 25.0
|Mar snow inch = 23.9
|Apr snow inch = 2.5
|May snow inch = 0.0
|Jun snow inch = 0.0
|Jul snow inch = 0.0
|Aug snow inch = 0.0
|Sep snow inch = 0.0
|Oct snow inch = 1.8
|Nov snow inch = 25.7
|Dec snow inch = 40.0
|year snow inch =

|unit snow days = 0.1 in
|Jan snow days = 12.3
|Feb snow days = 9.7
|Mar snow days = 7.7
|Apr snow days = 1.6
|May snow days = 0.1
|Jun snow days = 0.0
|Jul snow days = 0.0
|Aug snow days = 0.0
|Sep snow days = 0.0
|Oct snow days = 1.0
|Nov snow days = 8.1
|Dec snow days = 13.6
|source 1 = NOAA<ref>{{cite web
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| title = Summary of Monthly Normals 1991&ndash;2020
| publisher = [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]]
| accessdate = August 15, 2023
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
| url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&startDate=0001-01-01&endDate=9996-12-31&stations=USC00503502&format=pdf
| title = Summary of Monthly Normals 1991&ndash;2020
| publisher = [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]]
| accessdate = August 15, 2023
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
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| title = xmACIS2
| publisher = [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]]
| accessdate = August 15, 2023
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{{Weather box
|location = Haines 40NW, Alaska, 1991–2020 normals: 820ft (250m)
|single line = Yes


|Jan high F = 23.0
|Feb high F = 29.0
|Mar high F = 34.6
|Apr high F = 45.6
|May high F = 57.6
|Jun high F = 65.7
|Jul high F = 68.2
|Aug high F = 66.2
|Sep high F = 56.2
|Oct high F = 43.5
|Nov high F = 29.8
|Dec high F = 24.4
|year high F =

|Jan mean F = 17.4
|Feb mean F = 21.5
|Mar mean F = 26.0
|Apr mean F = 36.3
|May mean F = 46.3
|Jun mean F = 54.4
|Jul mean F = 58.1
|Aug mean F = 56.2
|Sep mean F = 47.9
|Oct mean F = 37.3
|Nov mean F = 24.6
|Dec mean F = 19.5
|year mean F =

|Jan low F = 11.7
|Feb low F = 14.1
|Mar low F = 17.3
|Apr low F = 27.0
|May low F = 35.0
|Jun low F = 43.2
|Jul low F = 48.0
|Aug low F = 46.1
|Sep low F = 39.5
|Oct low F = 31.2
|Nov low F = 19.4
|Dec low F = 14.6
|year low F =


|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation inch = 5.50
|Feb precipitation inch = 4.07
|Mar precipitation inch = 3.68
|Apr precipitation inch = 2.19
|May precipitation inch = 1.72
|Jun precipitation inch = 1.30
|Jul precipitation inch = 1.40
|Aug precipitation inch = 2.67
|Sep precipitation inch = 5.43
|Oct precipitation inch = 6.87
|Nov precipitation inch = 5.74
|Dec precipitation inch = 7.75
|year precipitation inch =

|Jan snow inch = 53.10
|Feb snow inch = 38.90
|Mar snow inch = 33.60
|Apr snow inch = 5.60
|May snow inch = 0.20
|Jun snow inch = 0.00
|Jul snow inch = 0.00
|Aug snow inch = 0.00
|Sep snow inch = 0.20
|Oct snow inch = 7.60
|Nov snow inch = 44.40
|Dec snow inch = 61.50
|year snow inch =

|source 1 = NOAA<ref name = NOAA2>
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|url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&startDate=0001-01-01&endDate=9996-12-31&stations=USC00503504&format=pdf
|title = Haines 40NW, Alaska 1991-2020 Monthly Normals 
|access-date = August 16, 2023
}}
</ref>
}}

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1900= 85
|1910= 445
|1920= 314
|1930= 344
|1940= 357
|1950= 338
|1960= 392
|1970= 463
|1980= 993
|1990= 1238
|2000= 1811
|2010= 1713
|2020= 1657
|footnote=source:<ref>US Decennial Census</ref>
}}
Haines first appeared on the 1900 U.S. Census as an unincorporated village. It formally incorporated in 1910. It disincorporated in 2002 and became a census-designated place (CDP).

===2010 Census===
[[File:Haines 2.JPG|thumb|280px|left|Main Street in downtown Haines]]
As of the census<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/search-results.html?q=Haines%2C+ALaska&page=1&stateGeo=none&searchtype=web&cssp=SERP&_charset_=UTF-8|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=December 9, 2019|title=U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts Haines Borough, Alaska}}</ref> of 2010, there were 2,474 people and 1,087 households. The racial makeup of the city was 79.7% [[Race (United States Census)|White]],  10.5% [[Race (United States Census)|Native American]], 1.1% [[Race (United States Census)|Asian]], 0.6% [[Race (United States Census)|Black]] or [[Race (United States Census)|African American]], 0.0% [[Race (United States Census)|Pacific Islander]], 7.74% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 8.2% from [[Race (United States Census)|two or more races]], 3.2% [[Race (United States Census)|Hispanic or Latino]]. The average household size was 2.40 and the average family size was 2.27.

In the city the age distribution of the population shows 26.7% under the age of 18, 5.3% from 18 to 24, 28.0% from 25 to 44, 28.4% from 45 to 64, and 11.6% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 99.7 males. The median income for a household in the city was $39,926, and the median income for a family was $51,316. Males had a median income of $41,103 versus $30,278 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $22,505. About 5.8% of families and 7.9% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 9.2% of those under age 18 and 2.4% of those age 65 or over.

==Attractions==
{{see also|National Register of Historic Places listings in Haines Borough, Alaska}}
[[File:Haines Winter Postcard.jpg|thumb|600px|right|Haines in the winter]]

Many tourists visit during when there is an annual appearance of [[bald eagle]]s in the [[Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve]] between October and February. Haines has the largest concentration of bald eagles in the world at that time.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dnr.alaska.gov/parks/aspunits/southeast/chilkatbep.htm|title=Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve|website=dnr.alaska.gov}}</ref> Each May, Haines holds Alaska's longest running beer festival with over 1,500 visitors and breweries from Alaska and Yukon. 

Haines is the host of the Southeast Alaska State Fair, with four days of festivities on the last weekend of July. Vendors, games, rides, and a music festival bring people from all over Alaska for this event. The community and surrounding area are popular for outdoor recreation. Rafting in the [[Chilkat River]] and hiking in the [[Takshanuk Mountains]] (Mount Ripinsky and other peaks) are both popular. Growing winter recreational opportunities are available at and around [[Chilkat Pass]], for which Haines serves as a gateway with the [[Haines Highway]]. In recent years, Haines has continued to receive quite a bit of attention as a [[heli-skiing]] site. The [[Davidson Glacier]], due to its relatively accessible nature, is a popular attraction.

[[File:Haines Alaska Bald Eagle.jpg|thumb|280px|left|Bald eagle]]
Lutak Inlet and [[Chilkoot Lake]] are easily accessible and popular fishing sites. Lutak Inlet is frequented by numerous [[sea lion]]s, [[Pinniped|seal]]s, and [[orca]]s. [[Fort William H. Seward]] is a nationally recognized historic site (declared a [[National Historic Landmark]] in 1978) where a number of barracks, officer housing, and the parade grounds are maintained in private ownership today. Some of the structures are open to the public as businesses and restaurants. The fort is also referred to as "Port Chilkoot", a leftover term from the Port Chilkoot Company, which was formed after World War II by a group of investors who purchased the fort from the federal government.

Haines has a number of cultural offerings. Alaska Indian Arts<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.alaskaindianarts.com/|title=Alaska Indian Arts &#124; Haines Alaska|website=www.alaskaindianarts.com}}</ref> offers demonstrations by traditional craftsmen. History of the town of Haines and the local Tlingit people are featured in the Sheldon Museum & Cultural Center.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sheldonmuseum.org/|title=Haines Sheldon Museum in Haines Alaska|website=www.sheldonmuseum.org}}</ref> The [[Hammer Museum (Haines, Alaska)|Hammer Museum]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hammermuseum.org/|title=Welcome to the Hammer Museum! &#124; Hammer Museum|date=October 31, 2020|website=www.hammermuseum.org}}</ref> is dedicated to the history of the hammer in human society. The Tsirku Canning Company Museum offers a glimpse of Haines' historic salmon canneries. The American Bald Eagle Foundation<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.baldeagles.org/|title=American Bald Eagle Foundation|website=American Bald Eagle Foundation}}</ref> offers visitors a chance to tour the Natural History Museum, full of items from Southeast Alaska, and meet 9 raptor ambassadors. The ambassadors include 3 bald eagles (Bella, Arden, and Vega), 2 red-tailed hawks (Sitka and Warrior), one Eurasian eagle owl (Hans), one Eastern screech owl (Dylan), one Northern hawk owl (Cirrus), and one Peregrin falcon (Ole).

Haines is the location for the Southeast Alaskan State Fair, held annually each July. Among other attractions, the fairgrounds incorporate a portion of the set from [[Walt Disney]]'s ''[[White Fang (1991 film)|White Fang]]'' film, filmed in Haines in 1990. The surviving set includes a dozen small structures common to a mining town of the period of [[Jack London]]'s book of the same name.<ref>{{Citation
| last        = Patty
| first       = Stanton H.
| date        = July 25, 1993
| title       = Alaska Town Turns Set for 'White Fang' Into New Attraction
| journal     = [[Chicago Sun-Times]]}}</ref>

==Education==
Haines is home to the [[Haines Borough Public Library]] and the [[Haines Borough School District]], which consists of a K-12 and three divisions in a single building:
Haines Elementary (K-6)
Haines Middle/High School (7-12)
The Haines Home School is also in operation. As of October 2018, the district's student enrollment was 258.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hainesborough.schoolblocks.com/about-us-52cfe285|title = About Us - Haines Borough School District}}</ref>

==Transportation==
[[File:Puerto del ferry comercial, Haines, Alaska, Estados Unidos, 2017-08-26, DD 36.jpg|thumb|The ferry terminal in Haines]]
Haines is more accessible than most other southeast Alaskan communities of its size, as it is connected to the North American highway system by the [[Haines Highway]], which passes through [[British Columbia]] on its way to the junction with the [[Alaska Highway]] at [[Haines Junction]], [[Yukon]]. However, snow and ice conditions in the winter and the long driving times can often make this route less feasible, and at times results in closure of the portion of the highway in the [[Chilkat Pass]], just north of the Canada–US border. Haines is one of only three cities in southeast Alaska which are accessible by road to another city, the other two being [[Skagway, Alaska|Skagway]] and [[Hyder, Alaska|Hyder]]. The primary mode of intra-Alaskan transportation is by the [[Alaska Marine Highway]]. The [[Lynn Canal]] route of the ferry system ([[Juneau, Alaska|Juneau]]-Haines-[[Skagway, Alaska|Skagway]]) is the only profitable route in the entire system{{Citation needed|date=December 2008}} and often receives a large amount of ferry traffic, especially in the summer.

The [[Haines Airport]] receives a large amount of traffic, with one air carrier (Alaska Seaplanes) providing services to Skagway and [[Juneau, Alaska|Juneau]]. Haines became a port-of-call to several cruise ship operators including Princess Cruises and the Holland-America Line. As of summer 2009, the cruise ship visiting frequency was about 18 per season, according to local residents.{{citation needed|date=April 2012}} Between 2010 and 2012, an average of 30,000 cruise ship passengers visited annually.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hainesalaska.gov/sites/default/files/fileattachments/community_amp_economic_development/page/1598/haines_port_study_final_report_12-24-2012.pdf|title=Port of Haines: Potential for Development|last=Northern Economics, Inc.|date=December 2012}}</ref> The cruise ship berth is very near [[Fort William H. Seward]].

==Health care==
Haines is served by Haines Health Center, the only primary health clinic in the area. The facility is part of the [[Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium]], or SEARHC, a non-profit tribal health consortium of 18 Native communities. The area is also served continuously by local emergency medical services. Individuals in need of dire medical attention are transported by air via helicopter or air ambulance to Bartlett Regional Hospital in [[Juneau, Alaska|Juneau]] (approximately 35 minutes away by plane). [[Whitehorse General Hospital]] in [[Whitehorse, Yukon]] is the nearest hospital to Haines that is accessible by road (approximately 4.5 hours away).

The difficulties in accessing health care for rural dwellers in general were examined in a short black-and-white documentary set and filmed in and around Haines in 1956, documenting and dramatizing a stop on the travels of a public health nurse and doctor (both female) aboard a travelling clinic boat, ''Hygiene''.  According to the voiceover narration, the film was cast with local non-actors.

==Media==
Haines is served by a weekly newspaper, the ''[[Chilkat Valley News]]'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.chilkatvalleynews.com/|title=Chilkat Valley News Homepage|website=Chilkat Valley News}}</ref> as well as the public radio station [[KHNS]] which serves upper [[Lynn Canal]] (Haines, [[Skagway, Alaska|Skagway]], and [[Klukwan, Alaska|Klukwan]]); its studios are in Haines.

==In popular culture==
At the conclusion of ''[[El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie|El Camino]]'', which is the 2019 [[epilogue]] film to the [[television series|series]] ''[[Breaking Bad]]'', [[Jesse Pinkman]] obtains a new identity, escapes [[Albuquerque, New Mexico]] and moves to Haines.<ref>{{cite news |last=Clayton |first=Kyle |date=November 14, 2019 |title=Haines cameos in Breaking Bad movie |url=https://www.chilkatvalleynews.com/story/2019/11/14/news/haines-cameos-in-breaking-bad-movie/13330.html |work=[[Chilkat Valley News]] |location=Haines, AL |access-date=October 11, 2022 |archive-date=April 28, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200428065917/https://www.chilkatvalleynews.com/story/2019/11/14/news/haines-cameos-in-breaking-bad-movie/13330.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Notable people== <!-- alpha order, limited to those notable to have an article about them -->
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* [[Florence Shotridge]], Tlingit ethnographer, museum educator, and weaver
* [[Jennie Thlunaut]], Tlingit master weaver
* [[Bill Thomas (Alaska politician)|Bill Thomas]], commercial fisherman and former member of the [[Alaska House of Representatives]]
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==Notes==
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==References==
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==External links==
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* {{Wikivoyage inline|Haines}}
* [http://www.haineschamber.org/ Haines Chamber of Commerce]
*[https://www.visithaines.com/ Haines Convention and Visitors Bureau]
* [http://www.hainesborough.us/ Haines Borough official website]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140517001458/http://americanlegionpost12.com/ American Legion Lynn Canal Post 12] from Haines

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