Not everyone in Wrangell welcomes more cruise ships or the visitors they bring to the community. There are detractors who fear too many ships and their passengers could change the character of the town.
They look at Ketchikan, Juneau, Sitka and Skagway and see more than a million visitors a year crowding the sidewalks and shops, the buses crowding the streets and the summer workers crowding already tight housing.
But they need to look at the numbers for Wrangell; actually, two sets of numbers.
Wrangell could see 40,000 cruise passengers next summer, and then as many as 70,000 in 2026 if the sh...
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