WHITTIER, ALASKA

Whittier Alaska, population 272 (2020) is located 58 miles SE of Anchorage. Nearly everyone lives in the 14 story Begich Towers Condominiums.

From Wiki:

The region occupied by Whittier was once part of the portage  route of the Chugach people native to Prince William Sound. Later, the passage was used by Russian and American explorers, and by prospecting miners during the Klondike Gold Rush. 

Whittier was incorporated in 1969 and eventually became a port of call for cruise ships. It is utilized by local operations and about 100-passenger mid-sized cruise ships. When the two mile long Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel under the Whittier Glacier opened to public access in 2000, it became the first highway to connect Whittier to Anchorage and inner Alaska—previously, the only ways to reach the town had been rail, boat and plane.

After the tunnel expanded access to Whittier, it began to be visited by larger cruise lines. It is the embarkation/debarkation point of one-way cruises from Anchorage to Vancouver by Princess Tours.