This must be where the locals come to buy their fish. Fresh from the processing center and frozen…read moreor fresh for purchase. We only found it because we were walking around the shopping area!

Want fresh, frozen, or shipped to your door seafood? This is the place to get it…read more Awesome customer service and caught that day seafood available. From Alaskan Halibut-yellowtail, stop on by the fresh store located at the end of the dock and get some of the best seafood in the world.

We had seen one of their resident eagles at another place and heard we could walk there from town…read more Luckily there are great sidewalks to get there. As you walk up the driveway you see a large building with several eagles in cages that were just beautiful. One was very vocal as we walked up. We went inside to pay the fee and then you are invited to watch a video and join a tour. There is a large area inside for the birds to safely recover from injuries or illnesses. Outside you can walk around to view some of the resident birds that are unable to return to the wild. Several bald eagles in an open outdoor area. They also have owls and falcons. The staff are very friendly and answered many of our questions. You can see their passion for helping these birds. We look forward to visiting again next time we are in town.

While walking through the state forest, we noticed this place was within walking distance, so we…read moredecided to check it out, and we're glad we did! It's a bit of a walk from the cruise port, but it's definitely doable if you enjoy walking and exploring on your own. One of the things we appreciated most is that your admission helps support a great cause. They care for injured birds of all kinds, including some that may never be able to fly again, and it's clear they are passionate about conservation and education. The grounds are absolutely beautiful, and there was a great variety of birds to see. We especially enjoyed the giant bird nest photo opportunity and the wingspan painting, both of which made for some really fun photos. Of course, the birds themselves were incredible to photograph as well. We also took time to explore the nearby walking trail and were rewarded with some gorgeous scenery and peaceful views. While they do offer excursions, we prefer exploring at our own pace, and this was very easy to do during our cruise stop. Overall, we highly recommend a visit if you're looking to learn about wildlife conservation, support a worthwhile organization, and spend some time enjoying nature. It's a memorable experience that benefits both visitors and the birds they work so hard to protect. Save the bird's! : )

We did the Sitka to Juneau cruise on the Chichagof Dream (70-passenger vessel) from June 18 to June…read more23 2023, and it was absolutely fantastic! The crew went out of its way to find and follow the wildlife: whales, wolves, mountain goats, bears, eagles, sea lions... We had the luck of a perfect weather, with no rain at all, which we understand is outside the norm. Whatever the weather, the ship is great, the food very good and the crew extremely warm, welcoming, and fun to interact with. Kudos to Alaskan Dream Cruises.

We went on an eight day boat cruise from July 24th to August 1st 2025 on the Admiralty Dream for a…read moretour called The Last Frontier. We got a 30% discount from the $15,000 list price by booking last minute on June 18th. Only 120 square foot rooms available and were the second most expensive rooms on the top deck of a three deck boat. ADC had a shuttle to pick us up at the airport, even when we arranged to arrive a day early, and stay a day in Sitka. Boat left from an anchorage right next to the downtown area. Our boat had 41 passengers in 2 person cabins with most cabins 96 or 110 square feet. These were the smallest rooms I've seen on boat cruises. There were no balcony cabins, with outside corridors running on the outside of each room . ADC provided wading boots, waterproof pants, and waterproof jacket. You needed the wading boots to travel from the ship to shore by zodiac boat when there were no docking facilities. You were left off in ankle deep water. Zodiac boat also for touring the islands and forests where the water was too shallow for the Admiralty Dream. People walking by could look through the windows into your room. There were curtains, but they didn't wrap around, so the corridor night lights shone through the edges, right into the eyes of me lying on the bed next to the window. Units on the bottom deck were 96 square feet in size with portholes and interior corridors. Boat built in 1979 and of antiquated design, although the sink and track lighting were new. Rooms had no drawers and no dressers and no locks on the sliding doors from the outside. We kept our valuables in our lockable luggage stored under the bed. Phone booth size shower with curtain next to toilet. After each shower we had to wipe the floor next to the toilet of water so that the next user of the toilet would not get their pants wet from the wet floor. Water from the sink had a light brown tone, and tasted like it was full of iron. At least they gave us a large water bottle. Continuous background noise from the ventilation motor running behind our third deck cabin. Highlights of our tour of the Alaska inlet area include the following. Hike to lake Eva's hidden Fall hatchery along with kayaking. Red bluff Bay bears. Tracy arm fjord glacier point Hugh Whales, William Henry Bay orcas. Orca point Lodge Juneau. Hike to coastal artillery, and kayaking. Glacier Bay Bartlett cove near glacier Bay national Park visitor center. Meals were served in dining room including breakfast lunch and dinner with multiple choices of each. Quality of the meals was generally very good although no food was available outside of regular dining hours. Salmon was the most served dish, with no crab served until we reached Orca point lodge. No cell phone coverage and no Wi-Fi for eight days. Would go again except that Alaskan dream cruises did not sail in 2026.

If I could give this place zero stars I would. I live out of state, and I was in Sitka for about…read more3 months for work. My company rented a pickup truck for me to use for those three months. On my very last day in Sitka, the local police department pulled me over and gave me a ticket for driving a vehicle (the Birch truck) with expired license plate tags. The officer showed me the Washington State tag and it was indeed expired. (I recall it had expired a year and a half or maybe two years earlier.) The officer was very apologetic to me. Before he even asked for my driver's license, he said that he knew that I was from out-of-town, and that I "would be stuck in the middle of it." He knew I was from out-of-town because because it's a small town, and it's a rental truck. He knows the normal drivers. He went on: He said that he felt that he had to pull me over and give me a ticket because he needs to "send a message to Birch Equipment, because that's the only way they will listen". He said that he has gone round-and-round with Birch equipment over the past year and a half about having the expired tags. He said "The Birch people will tell you that it's a fleet vehicle that is licensed in Washington State, and that they are not required to license it in Alaska. You can tell them, as I've told them, that it's true they wouldn't need an Alaska tag, except for the fact that the vehicle hasn't left the state since it got here, and they are required to pay the registration after 30 days." So now I had a ticket issued personally to me, on my last day in Sitka, Alaska, whereas I was flying out of state home the next day. No problem, I thought. I immediately drove over to Birch and asked them to pay the ticket for me, as I shouldn't be in the middle of this mess. And could they please just go to the police department and pay the fine (I recall it as being $100+), as opposed to giving me a credit on the rental. Keep in mind that this is a very tiny and very "slow" town. It would have been no problem to drive the 5 minutes to City Hall and pay the fine. I was shocked at his answer. Stunned, actually!!! He absolutely would not pay the fine! In fact, he said he would NOT issue a credit on the rental!!! The Birch employee said that he'd gone around and around with the police on this, and that "Birch is in the right", and that he is not paying any such "unnecessary" fine. I explained to him that good customer service would be that Birch pay the ticket, right or wrong, just so that the customer wouldn't need to be drawn into the mess between them and the police department. By God, he would not budge at all and suggested that I just ignore the ticket, and not pay it! ( Huh? Does he know anything about the law?) I showed him the back of the ticket, where it said that I must pay the fine with cash or cashier's check within 14 days or agree to a court date in the future, or a warrant will be issued for my arrest. I explained that my company has routinely mailed things to me, and I have mailed things from Sitka to home, including Express Mail (no FedEx, here!), and it routinely takes more than 14 days to and from this island. So he is asking me to choose between 1. Returning to Alaska to fight a $100 ticket for driving a vehicle without a current tag, which I'm convinced I would lose, or, 2, go to an ATM and withdraw cash (The banks were closed on this, my last day in Sitka), or 3. Have an outstanding warrant for my arrest. What choices! Birch should pay the fee so that the customer that rented a truck for 3 entire months wouldn't be drawn into the middle of it!!. But he would not have it. So I had to choice but to go to an ATM machine, collect cash, go to City Hall and then pay the fine. The next morning, on the way to the airport, I dropped the truck off at Birch after-hours as previously arranged. My company reimbursed me for my expenses, of course. Now you may be wondering why it's taken me so long to write this review. This is why: For those three months that I was in Sitka, the truck was supposed to be charged to my credit card each week. But many times, the charge was done every 10 days or more. Sometimes less. It was not consistent. About a month after my trip, and I was going over my expense report and credit card statements, I noticed that Birch forgot to charge me for the last 10 days of the rental. So I've been watching it. It was never charged. I wanted to wait an extra good long time, such as a couple of years to write this review so that the bookkeeping error would be to their own disadvantage. Normally I would have brought this type of thing up to a business so that I can be properly charged. I decided not to this time. Karma! A Final note: I've researched. Alaska is not a partner in the Washington State International Registration Plan for fleet vehicle licensing. The Policeman was right! Washington's fleet tags are not valid in Alaska. Other states..yes.

From the owner: Birch Equipment was established in 1972 due to the need for a construction oriented rental store in…read moreWhatcom County. We are now one of the leading independent equipment rental and sales companies in the region. Birch Equipment is woman-owned and has one of the largest and most diverse rental fleets in Washington State. Our primary rental & sales market extends throughout Washington, Alaska, Oregon, Montana and the Russian Far East via stores in Bellingham, Anacortes, Mount Vernon, and Sitka, Alaska. As a dealer and manufacturer approved repair center for many construction and industrial lines, we are also an excellent source for new and used equipment and tools. We also provide customized bar coded tool vans and staffed equipment yards at temporary and long-term facilities on construction, manufacturing and remote customer sites.