Docks are incredibly important facilities for isolated Southeast Alaska towns. They are critical points of interface between our lives on land and our lives on the water. Most of our freight and fuel passes over some sort of dock. Docks are essential to daily commercial actives such as fishing and transportation. This is the old wooden dock at Gustavus. Docks are also a focus of cultural activity – folks come down to walk the beach, walk the dock, check out the sunset, see what's happening and meet friends. Photographer: Bill Eichenlaub