The Tongass Narrows is a waterway in the Inside Passage that provides some fun and scenic sea kayaking day trips. The Y-shaped channel is split by Pennock Island and acts as Ketchikan's main "water highway" and is heavily used for commercial fishing, freight, floatplanes, passenger lines, and recreational boaters including kayakers. Paddling the channel is not what you would consider a real wilderness experience but it does provide an interesting setting for a fun day trip in the passage. This paddling trip starts from Ketchikan and heads down the channel west of Pennock Island to a black sand beach on the south end of Gravina Island. The channel does have a lot of large boat traffic and is fairly exposed as you near Gravina Point so only experienced paddlers or those accompanied by experienced paddlers should make the trip. The channel is tidally influenced so reference tidal tables before setting out and use them to your advantage.