Simply put, Alaska is enormous. Two cities might appear close together on a map, when really they’re a 10-hour drive apart. That’s the case with Juneau (Alaska’s capital) and Petersburg, a coastal town on the state’s Mitkof Island (one of many islands). Over the years, it’s earned the nickname “Little Norway,” most likely as a tribute to Peter Buschmann, the Norwegian settler and fisherman who opened a cannery here in the late 1800s which many credit with growing Petersburg into a fishing village.
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