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Seward Municipal Boat Harbor On Resurrection Bay On The Kenai Peninsula In Southcentral, Alaska.

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Why visit Seward

Perched on the edge of Resurrection Bay, Seward offers out-of-this-world views of water, sky, mountain and forest, and is easily accessed by road, boat and rail. Because of its size (and its history as a railroad port), there is plenty of nightlife and lots of good restaurants in the picturesque old-time downtown area.

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