“Frontier, Pacific Northwest, Period-Authentic”
About This Location
Roslyn is a coal mining town in the Cascade foothills that served as Cicely, Alaska for all six seasons of Northern Exposure—one of television's most distinctive productions. Washington Film Works promotes Roslyn for its authentic late-19th century mining district architecture, where original clapboard storefronts, a brick opera house, and modest workers' cottages line a main street that reads as genuinely frontier without any set dressing. The Cascade Mountain backdrop creates instant Pacific Northwest drama, and the town's film heritage means local infrastructure is well-adapted to production needs. Roslyn's 26 cemeteries—divided by ethnicity and union affiliation of the immigrant mining communities—represent a unique historical document visible from Main Street.
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Washington Film Works
Promoted by Washington Film Works. Original Northern Exposure location.
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