Save the date! The 2026 annual meeting of the Gastineau Channel Historical Society is coming up soon – Sunday, November 1, 2026 from 2 – 4 pm at the Douglas Library meeting room. Restoration of the Douglas cemeteries update will be presented by S’eiltin...
The Gastineau Channel Historical Society was recently honored in receiving the prestigious Elva R. Scott Historical Society Award at the Alaska Historical Society’s annual conference in Homer, October 10th. The Elva R. Scott Local Historical Society...
Regular hours: The museum is now closed for the 2026 summer season. It will reopen for the 2027 season from mid-May until mid-September. For additional information about the Museum contact the Last Chance Mining Museum at 907-586-5338 or glrrlg@alaska.net, or by...
In the winter of 1955-1956, fifty-five men and women gathered on the Fairbanks campus to hammer out the nation’s newest state constitution. Six delegates were from Juneau, half of them women. In addition, Katie Hurley and Tom Stewart of Juneau served as staff to the...
Exciting news for local history fans – we have recently added two books to our expanding local history collection: R.N. “Bob” DeArmond’s definitive history The Founding of Juneau and a new very accurate and detailed historical novel The Treadwell Carpenter by Douglas...
Good news update ! Sentinel Island Lighthouse is shining bright again! The lighthouse has been fully repaired and painted by a team of lighthouse restoration experts, contracted this spring by our society. Funded by various grants, private donations, fund-raising...
