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Port Protection is a census-designated place (CDP) in Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska. The population was 72 as of 2009.
Discovered by Cpt George Vancouver in 1793, Port Protection was home to Alan Stein who protected all the salmon streams in the Tongass National Forest from clearcut logging in the lawsuit Stein v Barton (1990). The is a restaurant, fuel for boats, telephone, and an ice house for buying halibut and salmon.
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Discovered by Cpt George Vancouver in 1793, Port Protection was home to Alan Stein who protected all the salmon streams in the Tongass National Forest from clearcut logging in the lawsuit Stein v Barton (1990). The is a restaurant, fuel for boats, telephone, and an ice house for buying halibut and salmon.
www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/commdb/CIS.cfm?Comm_Boro_N...
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Protection,_Alaska
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Coordinates: 56°19'13"N 133°36'19"W
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