|
|
|
||||||||||||
){kind=small} www.maxpages.com/northamerica Ports of North America (US and Canada), to include river ports, and selected waterways (other than Great Lakes ports) frequented by cruise ships. The rest of North America is covered by separate discussions of Central America and the Caribbean. Descriptions include maps, charts and travel information. Click on the selected ports, waterways and references below for travel-related information: Anchorage, Alaska. Baltimore, Maryland. Bar Harbor, Maine. Bermuda, UK. Boston, Massachusetts. Charleston, South Carolina. Chatanooga, Tennessee. College Fiord, Prince William Sound, Alaska. Cordova, Alaska. Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Galveston, Texas. Gaspe, Quebec, Canada. Glacier Bay, Alaska. Haines, Alaska. Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Hamilton, Bermuda. Hilo, Hawaii. Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii. Hoonah, Alaska. Houston, Texas. Hubbard Glacier. Icy Strait Point, Alaska. Inside Passage, Alaska/Canada. Jacksonville, Florida. Juneau, Alaska. Kahului, Maui, Hawaii. Kaunakakai, Hawaii. Ketchikan, Alaska. Key West, Florida. Kodiak, Alaska. Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii. Lanai, Hawaii. Lihue, Kauai, Hawaii. Long Beach, California. Los Angeles, California. Miami, Florida. Mobile, Alabama. Molokai, Hawaii. Montreal, Canada. Narsarsuaq, Greenland. Nashville, Tennessee. Nawiliwili, Kauai, Hawaii. New Orleans. New York, New York. Newport, Rhode Island. Perce, Quebec, Canada. Port Allen, Kauai, Hawaii. Port Canaveral, Florida. Port Manatee, Florida. Prince Edward Island, Canada. Prince William Sound, Alaska. Quebec, Canada. Red Bay, Newfoundland, Canada. San Diego, California. San Francisco, California. San Pedro, California. Santa Catalina, California. Seattle, Washington. Seward, Alaska. Sitka, Alaska. Skagway, Alaska. St. Anthony, Newfoundland, Canada. St. George, Bermuda. St. Louis, Missouri. Tampa, Florida. Tracey Arm, Alaska. Valdez, Alaska. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Whittier, Alaska. Yakutat, Alaska. REFERENCES: North America Map. North America Interactive Map. Cruise Map of Eastern North America. Cruise Map of Western North America. United States Map. Canada Map. Alaska Map. Canada Travel Tips. Canada Update. Current US Weather Maps. Current US Satellite Weather Chart. US Marine Forecasts. Current Canada Weather. Current Canada Satellite Weather Chart. CRUISING PATTERNS Northamerica's cruising region, the world's most important from the standpoint of passenger origination and the number of operating cruise ships, can be divided into six operational areas: 1. NORTHEASTERN PART OF THE US AND NEIGHBORING CANADA. Voyages primarily from New York and Boston visit the New England area and then on to the Maritime Provinces of Canada usually as far inland as Montreal and Quebec. The St. Lawrence Waterway is also the entry for ocean-going ships to the Great Lakes if they can negotiate the numerous locks into Lake Ontario and Lake Erie. Great Lakes ports are discussed in a separate section of the World Port Directory. The northeastern part of the US is also the origin of transatlantic routes to Europe especially to the northwestern part of that continent. It also is the primary origin of cruises to Bermuda and return. Relatively few cruises, now more frequently from the Atlantic central states, head south to the Caribbean and the Panama Canal region. 2. SOUTH AND SOUTHEASTERN US STATES. Florida, of course, with its principal cruise ports of Miami, Fort Lauderdale and Port Canaveral is the great gateway to the Caribbean, Central America and South America coastal regions. Gulf Coast ports, such as Tampa, New Orleans, Houston and Galveston are becoming more popular as supplemental origins to these same cruising destinations. The southeastern part of the US is also the origin of more southerly transatlantic routes to Europe especially to the Mediterranean region. These operations tend to be repositioning cruises with easterly movements in the Spring and westerly movements in the Fall. 3. SOUTHWESTERN US. California is the big cruising gateway, especially with Los Angeles and San Diego for the so-called Mexican Riviera and to a lesser extent the Panama Canal, Hawaii and the South Pacific. 4. HAWAII. The fiftieth state has grown in popularity recently as the surfeit of cruise ships has led to the need for new itineraries. With no American-built and operated ships serving the area, foreign shipping has had to travel over 1,000 miles to visit Kiribati to comply with the Passenger Services Act. Nonetheless, cruises from the west coast and transpacific voyages have increased in number and will probably result in still more visits to Honolulu and the Hawaiian Islands. 5. NORTHWEST US AND ALASKA. Vancouver and the up-and-coming Seattle cruise ports are the big gateways to Alaska operating during the northern hemisphere's warmer seasons. They heavily visit Ketchikan, Juneau and Skagway on the Inside Passage. Further northward voyages will venture out into the Gulf of Alaska and usually visit Prince William Sound and Seward /Whittier, the outports for Anchorage. 6. INLAND RIVERS AND WATERWAYS. River cruises have been a standard vacation in the US and the trend is increasing. The Mississippi waterway is by far the most important with the Ohio, Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers forming the main backbone of operations. Other rivers include the Columbia and Snake Rivers in the Pacific Northwest. North America will continue to be the prime cruising region for the foreseeable future and will continue to be a growth leader in absolute numbers. GENERAL CRUISE INFORMATION. WORLD PORT DIRECTORY. WORLD CRUISE PORTS. TRAVEL COUNSELLORS FOR INFORMATION. Copyright 1999-2009. All Rights Reserved. |
CONTACT: henry.nowicki@travelcounsellors.com |
|
. |