Whittier/Portage Glacier

To get to Whittier you have to travel through 2.5 mile long, 1- lane Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel which handles both cars and trains who have to take turns traveling through. Whittier 's population is 290 and was created by the U.S. Army during WWII as a port and petroleum delivery center. Since military and government activities ceased, the economy of Whittier rests largely on the fishing industry, the port and increasingly on tourism