Orca Island Cabins
Remote Cabin Rentals

Your hosts, Dennis and Susan Swiderski, are long-time Alaskans. Susan, born in New Mexico, came to Alaska in 1969 with her family because her father, a petroleum engineer, took a position with the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission. Dennis, born in Michigan, was practicing law in 1977 in Washington D.C. when he seized the opportunity to relocate in Alaska to practice law with a telecommunications company in Anchorage.

After Dennis and Susan married in 1982 and while raising three boys, they operated an eight-bedroom bed and breakfast in Anchorage for six years. They also operated a scenic/wildlife-viewing charter business in Seward; served as naturalists aboard a catamaran charter that cruised the waters of the Kenai Fjords National Park; and, with their family, were the managers of the Kenai Fjords Salmon Bake and Lodge on Fox Island in 1996.

Dennis and Susan Swiderski welcome one and all to their island accommodations which they hope you will enjoy and share with friends and family.

In 1996, the Swiderskis moved to Seward. Their decision to move from Anchorage (population 280,000), Alaska's largest city, to Seward (population 3,000) was the result of their unique experience of living with their boys on Fox Island, combined with their appreciation of the beauty and history of Seward, its location at the head of Resurrection Bay, its many recreational opportunities, and its small-town atmosphere.

The natural beauty that abounds in Seward has been an inspiration for Susan, who is a fine artist by profession and whose art (using the different media of watercolor, oil, and charcoal/pastel) embraces the many landscapes and seascapes near Seward as well as many of the historic buildings that coincide with the city's founding in 1903. Susan has had a number of solo art shows in Anchorage and on the Kenai Peninsula and is a member of Seward's Mural Society. Susan designed the Mt. Marathon mural on the Seward Senior Center Building.