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Misty Fjords National Monument is located at the southern end of the
Tongass National Forest and covers 2.3 million acres, making it the
largest wilderness in Alaska's national forests and the second largest in
the nation.
It is covered with thick forests that grow on nearly vertical slopes rising from sea level to mountain tops. Dramatic waterfalls plunge into the salt water through narrow clefts or pour over great rounded granite shoulders fed by lakes and streams that absorb the annual rainfall of more than 14 feet. The major waterway cutting through the monument, Behm Canal, is more than 100 miles long and extraordinary among natural canals for its length and depth.
Few areas of the U.S. contain as many unusual wildlife species, including mountain goat, brown bear, black bear, moose, marten, wolf, wolverine, river otter, sea lion, harbor seal, killer whale and Dall porpoise. It's common to see bald eagles in Misty Fjords, swooping down to snatch salmon out of the water, or to see jellyfish moving through the clear, dark-green waters. Mist and clouds often hover over Misty Fjords, the source of its name.
The most awe inspiring places within Misty Fjords National Monument include Rudyerd Bay, where Punchbowl Cove is surrounded by rounded, almost-vertical cliffs, and New Eddystone Rock, a 237-foot-tall remnant core of an extinct volcano named by Captain George Vancouver after a lighthouse in England.
