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In 'The Proposal', Massachusetts Stands In for Alaska

The Proposal, in theaters today, stars Sandra Bullock as a Canadian citizen, working in America, who is about to get deported. To avoid deportation, she forces her assistant, played by Ryan Reynolds, to marry her. The two then fly to Alaska to visit his family and break the news. The catch is, the movie was never actually filmed in Alaska, instead the Massachusetts coast stood in for the last frontier. Check out where to stay and what to do in Cape Ann where you can um...pretend you’re in Alaska too.

What to Do:
Most of the movie was filmed in Bearskin Neck, Rockport, a seacoast village on Cape Ann which was dressed as Sitka, Alaska for The Proposal. Bearskin Neck is a popular tourist destination featuring dozens of shops, like the Kanegis Gallery, which can be seen in The Proposal as the Sitka Internet Café, and James Russell Goldsmiths which is Alaska Outfitters in the film. There are also several restaurants, bakeries and ice cream shops too, all within a few blocks of each other.

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