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Hyder
Area: 15.21 square miles land, 1.34 square miles
water
Population: 125
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“The friendliest ghost town in Alaska," Hyder
works hard to maintain that reputation. Spectacular scenery (available
free to all visitors) as well as great fishing, eagles to watch and bears
to photograph.
History
Hyder was originally named Portland City by the unlucky group stranded
there by an unscrupulous promoter. He had lured them north with promises
of gold and then left them in what was once the most desolate area in
Alaska. The name was changed to Hyder to honor geologist, F.B. Hyder.
Hyder has always had a boom bust economy, and the local residents are
philosophical because when it is good, it is very good.
Services
There are a full range of services available in Hyder, with motels, restaurants
bars and shops. The restaurants serve home-cooked meals and a variety
of fresh Alaskan seafood. There is also a post office, public library
and a grocery store. Mobile E.M.T. and fire department services are at
the Hyder Community Center. There is no bank in Hyder.
Things To Do
A walking tour map is available from Northern Stars Gifts. On the walking
tour you will see The Old Stone Storehouse erected by D.D. Gaillard when
he explored Portland Canal in 1896. This storehouse is on the National
(US) Register of Historic Sites. Thousands of pilings at tidewater in
Hyder are reminders of the 1948 fire which destroyed the flourishing town
that had been built over the ocean.
Editor’s note: As tourism increases to Alaska and the Yukon, many
of the qualities that attracted the original visitors are lost. Stewart
and Hyder still have all the good things and have not been “commercialized,”
so you feel you are always “on tour.” Nice people in one of
the most beautiful surroundings in the North. Don’t miss this opportunity
to see it as it was.
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