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Valdez
Spreadonaledgedramaticallywedgedbetweenmountainsandthesea,today'sValdezwas
rebuiltfourmileswestofitsoriginalsite,devastatedbyatsunamiin1964.Thecommunity
dates to the late 1890s, when gold seekers flooded the area.
Today the emphasis is on black gold, for in Valdez the oil flowing down the Trans-
Alaska oil pipeline is pumped aboard ships. The well-protected harbor also accesses the
Alaska Marine Highway, a National Scenic Byway. Ferries cruise to the nearby retreating
Columbia Glacier, where sightseers watch in awe as huge blocks of ice tumble to the sea,
and as far south as Prince Rupert, Canada.
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