Entrance into Pelican is by float plane or ferry which comes once a month in the winter. It is in Lisianski Inlet by the open ocean at the head of the inlet. At the head of the Inlet to Pelican Cove is a small cove called Elfin Cove consisting of a lodge and cabins. This is a summer place with a charter business and the Lodge. Only a handful of people stay there through the winter.
Float plane is the only way in and,out, weather permitting.
Tenakee Springs is a little village along the shore in Tenaker Inlet on Chichagof Island. The main street is the narrow shoreline with tiny cabins built on stilts on either side of the street. People coming here must bring their own water. In the summer of '99, a company came to dig 22 wells for that many of the cabins finally have water. The church and the cabins sit right on the beach at the tide line.