Ketchikan is the mandatory first stop in Southeast Alaska as it is the U.S. Customs port and clearance is required. Picturesque Ketchikan is the second largest town in Southeast Alaska (after Juneau) with a 2010 population of 8,010. During the summer, there are often as many as five cruise ships docked at its wharves or anchored in the Narrows. Ketchikan has full services including a modern hospital. From Ketchikan, the course north continues past Myers Chuck (a small hamlet with several resident artists) and on to Wrangell or Petersburg (see the "Wrangell & Mitkoff Islands" chart), Alternatively, it continues southwest around Cape Chacon, the southern tip of Prince of Whales Island, and then north to Craig (see "Prince of Wales Island" chart).