Food & Drink ⋅ Beauty & Bath ⋅ Art, Apparel & Accessories ⋅ Shop In-Person
November in Southeast Alaska means early sunsets, snowy tree tops, and the arrival of the holiday season. With a focus on locally sourced and manufactured products, our local guide is your one-stop-shop for gift-giving this winter.
To make your shopping experience as safe and accessible as possible, this gift guide focuses primarily on businesses with online stores. However, be sure to check out the Shop In-Person tab to support brick and mortar businesses in your community.
From seaweed snacks to spruce tip skincare, check out our favorite products from Southeast Alaskan businesses that are positively contributing to our communities, environment, and economy.
Food & Drink
Alaska Coastal Seaweed ⋅ Juneau ⋅ 2019 P2P Finalist
Alaska Coastal Seaweed is a small family-owned business bringing the natural flavors of Southeast Alaskan waters to your pantry. With more than thirteen years of experience, Theresa Abbas remains committed to producing minimally processed, nutritious, and locally harvested wild Alaskan seaweed snacks and flakes.
Featured Product: Sriracha Lime Nori Snacks $11
Barnacle Foods ⋅ Juneau ⋅ 2016 P2P Winner
Barnacle Foods brings the wild flavors of Southeast Alaska to kitchens all over the region and beyond with their salsas, pickles, and seasonings made from locally and sustainably harvested bull kelp. Firmly rooted here in Southeast Alaska, Barnacle is committed to benefiting their community through job creation and economic growth. More than just creating delicious foods, Barnacle is working towards strengthening Alaska's food system by producing products from abundant local resources.
Featured Product: Alaska Box $45
Photo by Marie Rose
Port Chilkoot Distillery ⋅ Haines ⋅ 2014 P2P Winner
Port Chilkoot Distillery captures the taste of Alaska with small-batch artisanal spirits made using locally sourced ingredients: water from a nearby lake, organic grains, and hand-gathered herbs like spruce tip and whole juniper berries. Wife and husband team Heather and Sean’s craftsmanship and attention to detail are so exceptional that their 50 Fathoms Gin was awarded a double gold medal at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition. Port Chilkoot Distillery is proof that the passion, ingenuity, and resilience of our region can create incredible local products.
Featured Product: 50 Fathoms Gin $35
Skyáana Coffee Co ⋅ Klawock ⋅ 2016 P2P Winner
Skyáana Coffee Co. was born out of Tina Isaac Steffen’s desire to honor her Tlingit and Haida heritage while sharing her love of coffee with her community. Guided by “the principles of our cultural core: respect for nature, tradition, and our ancestors,” Skyáana roasts the finest, fair trade sourced beans to the perfect peace and harmony of flavors.
Featured Product: Cabin Blend (2lb) $28
Tommaso Shellfish ⋅ Craig ⋅ 2019 P2P Finalist
Nestled in the crisp, cool waters of Sea Otter Sound, located near Prince of Wales Island, Tommaso Shellfish is growing and harvesting Pacific Oysters to bring the pure flavors of Southeast Alaska's beautiful coastal landscape to your table.
Place orders via email or phone, and learn more at tommasoshellfish.com.
Featured Product: Pacific Oysters, of course!
Wildfire and Sage ⋅ Ketchikan
Wildfire & Sage was born out of love for the land and all the magic it provides for us. Shelly Hill creates herbal products from tea to skin care with a focus on simple recipes and natural, locally sourced ingredients. Shelly crafts most Wildfire & Sage products using five ingredients or less, featuring local favorites like devil’s club and rosehip, to nourish and replenish the body, both inside and out.
Featured Product: Tongass Immunity Care Tea Blend $14
Photo by Mathew Scaletta
Wildfish Cannery ⋅ Klawock ⋅ 2017 P2P Finalist
Founded in 1987, Wildfish Cannery smokes and cans wild Alaska seafood, carrying on the craft and time-honored traditions of the region in the small seaside town of Klawock. With his background as a chef, owner and grandson of the founder, Mathew Scaletta takes great pride in working closely with fishermen to preserve their best catch. In his own words:
“The story of our island town, our sense of place and hospitality is something time will never change. We invite you into our world with every tin of smoked Alaska seafood.”
Featured Product: The Ultimate Alaskan Charcuterie Kit $79
Beauty & Bath
Alaska’s Traditional Medicinals ⋅ Juneau
Owned by Alaska Native women, Alaska’s Traditional Medicinals uses the same healing plants that have been used by Native Alaskan people for thousands of years. Using locally sourced and sustainably harvested ingredients like devil’s club and chaga, Alaska’s Traditional Medicinals hand crafts a variety of oils, salves, tinctures, and teas wild harvested from the pristine wilderness of Alaska.
Featured Product: Devil’s Club Healing Salve $19
Photo by Asia Dore Photography
Waterbody ⋅ Wrangell ⋅ 2018 P2P Finalist
Angie Flickinger creates handcrafted herbal body & skin care products inspired by and harvested from the wild, abundant forests and coastlines of Southeast Alaska. Combining sustainably hand-foraged local plants like Sitka spruce and rosehips with whole organic ingredients, Waterbody harnesses nature’s restorative powers to make self care a meaningful and wildly beautiful experience.
Featured Product: Evergreen Body Oil $20
Art, Apparel & Accessories
The Cedar Box ⋅ Petersburg ⋅ Loan Program Participant
Rooted in a passion for Alaskan Native art, culture, and communities, the Cedar Box became the first Alaska Native Gift Shop in Petersburg. Since opening in May 2018, Will and Christy Ware have been sharing Petersburg’s strong Tlingit history and culture through art, sea otter fur, jewelry, and deer calls. The Wares hope that the Cedar Box brings more awareness to the beauty and depth of Alaska Native Culture.
Featured Product: Native Northwest Reversible Fashion Wrap $79
Fairweather Ski Works ⋅ Haines ⋅ 2014 P2P Winner
Fairweather Ski Works handcrafts skis and snowboards out of locally harvested Sitka Spruce and birch wood in “the biggest and baddest backyard R&D laboratory in the industry.” Founder and craftsman Graham Kraft uses small-scale timber harvest and local value-adding production that benefits both economies and ecosystems and produces high-quality skis to tackle glaciers, powder days, and everything in-between.
Featured Product: Great Alaska Bush Wackers $419
Sagebrush Dry Gear ⋅ Kake ⋅ 2019 P2P Finalist
Handcrafted in the middle of the Tongass National Forest, Sagebrush Dry Gear knows the importance of staying dry in the wilderness. No matter your sport, their products will keep your gear dry with the highest quality, lightest weight, fully submersible bags in the industry.
Featured Product: Sure-Dry Hip Pack $225
Photo by Caitlin Fondell
Sea Fur Sewing ⋅ Sitka ⋅ 2014 P2P Finalist
Alaskan Native Robert Miller is keeping the ancient tradition of his Tlingit ancestors alive with his Sitka-based business, Sea Fur Sewing. Sea Fur Sewing sells highly functional, custom crafted, indigenous outerwear out of seal, sea otter, beaver, wolf, and fox fur. Whether hunting sea otters in the Sitka Sound or tanning and sewing their hides in his workshop, Robert puts great care and attention into his craft at every level of production.
Featured Product: Sea Otter Fur Earmuffs $120
Photo by Amber Gene
Trickster Company ⋅ Juneau ⋅ Loan Program Participant
Trickster Company is an Indigenous-owned design shop founded by siblings Rico and Crystal Worl with the goal to promote innovative Indigenous design. Trickster strives to represent a prestigious lineage of Native art in fresh and energetic ways as a celebration of Northwest Coast culture as it lives today.
Featured Product: U-Shape Laser-Cut Earrings $26