I searched for years to find this ideal piece of property and now, after 20 years living here, it’s time to sell. The property is ten acres in three parcels in Alaska’s smallest city of Kupreanof (population 23). A slough winds behind the house–or a point is wrapped parallel to the beach giving 1/4 mile of salt-waterfront adjacent to the Petersburg Creek/Coho Creek estuary providing some of the best crabbing, clamming and fishing in Alaska. A half hour boat ride takes you to the Le Conte Glacier to the East and/or the Stikine River to the South. Five minutes commute by boat takes you to the town of Petersburg Alaska (you’ll think you’re in Norway).
The acreage is surrounded by USFS (one private neighbor to the south) with 15 outbuildings, 500′ of boardwalk and an Alaska cabin fit for a Hollywood movie set. Perfect for a lodge business or gentlemen’s retreat. Located at the northern end and final bend of the Wrangell Narrows in Petersburg Alaska, Kupreanof Island side, it has commanding views of the Stikine Icefields and Devil’s Thumb. Off grid for privacy yet 5 minutes to the town of Petersburg by boat where AK airlines and Alaska Marine Highway System operate for convenient access to the Lower 48.
Winter evening sunset looking westward. Town of Petersburg, Alaska foreground.
A frequent appearance–all ship traffic to Alaska (except large commercial cruise ships) pass by Buoy 54–my “address.”
Aerial view of the approximate property boundary.
A view NE toward Devil’s Thumb and the Stikine Icefields. (Google Earth)
View NNE up Petersburg Creek. Coho Creek wanders off to the left.
Google Earth perspective from the north entrance of the Wrangell Narrows looking SW
Paradise.
Particulars:
- Taxes–$852/year
- Location Buoy 54, Wrangell Narrows, Kupreanof Island, Alaska (SE)
- 10 acres–three parcels
- Outbuildings:
- 1000′ log cabin (1bdrm/1bath)
- small guest cabin (dbl/single)
- outhouse (guesthouse)
- Gray water outfall line (to west) replaced 2020/Black water sewer line/septic system (to east) converted to concrete 2024.
- 18′ X 36′ warehouse (boat museum with about a dozen boats)–slough.
- Garden Shed 10′ X 12′
- Greenhouse 12′ X 24′
- 20′ X 40′ two level waterborne warehouse with 40′ dock (to the 14’6″ tide).
- Woodshed 12′ X 40′ (with man-cave/ski touring shop)
- Diesel Fuel shed–500 gallon refurbished tank
- Outdoor Kitchen 12′ X 18′–bbq, sink, fireplace
- Smoke house
- Sauna
- Water tower/powerhouse/gen shed
- Gazebo–10′ octagon–slough
- Hydro Powerhouse
- 500′ elevated boardwalk (Alaska Yellow Cedar) connecting house, netshed, woodshed, house, outdoor kitchen, smoker, sauna, water tower and gazebo on slough.
- Outhaul 300′ (minus 4′ to shoreline for skiff)
- Outer mooring buoy with 8′ X 25′ float (registered on nautical charts)
Power is supplied by two solar arrays which produce about 3600/watts/hr on a cold winter day. Hydro is a FERC approved and licensed in perpetuity, Scott 1.5KW turbine with 458′ of penstock and two intakes. Power is more reliable than Petersburg. Back-up 5.5KW diesel (Northern Lights) generator–6000 hours. SolArk 12KW inverter/charger and two Discover 48VDC 250 AmpHour batteries–three years old system.
Main cabin heat is an imported Finnish Tulikivi masonry heater with electric heating coils to take the overage from the hydro. Fireplace. Propane heater. Many antiques accumulated by the four owners over 100 years old. Historical provenance, photos of the building process and hand carved totem-pole 24″ carved by the previous owner (nice!). Here are a few pics of the house and environs:
Devil’s Thumb in the distance.
Slough is within the property lines–boat museum on right with launch boom.
Guest House
…..showing a portion of elevated boardwalk.
and Viking boats (two)
Outdoor kitchen–built after a plan by the WPA-CCC.
26′ Munson on the outer float
Supplies arriving twice a week.
They all have names.
The Malespina Ferry. We have two ferries each week–Wednesday southbound and Monday northbound.
Miscellaneous equipment: Essentially everything goes except one rowboat of my choosing (there are about 10 boats–wooden restored antiques); 26′ catamaran built by Munson with twin 150 Yamahas (400 hrs); 2021 Toyota Tundra (about 17K miles) included. 7’4″ Semi-Concert grand piano (Kawai). Sheds full of tools, snow blower (new), 12KW three phase air cooled Northern Light/lister diesel generator (dormant for shop use), Gravely Tractor with attachments, antiques, a dozen Norwegian wooden (Bonna) skis, and more!
$1.5M