Port Walter

Port Walter is located on the southeastern coast of Baranof Island in Sitka City and Borough, Alaska. It is a body of water with two main arms, Little Port Walter and Big Port Walter. The land surrounding Port Walter is part of the Tongass National Forest. In the first half of the twentieth century it hosted three major seafood processing plants, producing primarily herring and salmon for human and animal consumption, fish oil, and fertilizer. In 1917 there were 375 men and women working at the Port Walter processing plants.

Little Port Walter is the site of the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration's Little Port Walter Research Station. This facility was established in 1934 and is the oldest year-round biological research station in Alaska.