Point Retreat Lighthouse

WEST JUNEAU WEEKLY PICTURE Point Retreat Lighthouse – Looking Southwest from Saginaw Channel Alaska Lighthouse Association :: The Chilkat Mountains are in the background. Picture by O. Richard (Dick) Kent, September 14, 2007, © 2008

Olds Mountain

WEST JUNEAU WEEKLY PICTURE Olds Mountain Olds Mountain, 4,453 feet, is 4.5 miles east of downtown Juneau. It is named for John Olds, a Cornishman and pioneer Juneau miner and hotel man. Picture was taken from the top of the Mt. Roberts Tramway. Picture by O. Richard (Dick) Kent, 8:00 p.m. ADT, July 7, 2007, … Continue reading "Olds Mountain"

The State Office Building

WEST JUNEAU WEEKLY PICTURE The State Office Building To the lower left of the State Office Building is the 400 Willoughby Center; at its upper right is the Court Plaza Building. The Prospector Hotel and Gastineau Channel are in the foreground. At the upper left of the picture from left to right (in the shadows) … Continue reading "The State Office Building"

Juneau Federal Building

WEST JUNEAU WEEKLY PICTURE The Juneau Federal Building with Mt. Juneau Behind The sun came out in the late evening and bathed downtown Juneau and the clouds with an orange glow after a day in which the highest rain rate (of 6.40″ per hour) was recorded at the West Juneau Weather Station since the Davis … Continue reading "Juneau Federal Building"

Portrait of an Eagle

WEST JUNEAU WEEKLY PICTURE The American Bald Eagle at the top of the Mt. Roberts Tramway Picture by O. Richard (Dick) Kent, 4:42 p.m. ADT, May 24, 2007, © 2008