The television show, Northern Exposure, was said to be located in a town called Cicely, Alaska.
However it was actually filmed about 100 miles east of Seattle, Washington, in a small town called Roslyn.
We were lucky to catch part of the filming of an episode during our vist there in 1992.
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For another's look at the same town, please see: http://www.cicelyalaska.com/