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    Sitka (Tlingit: Sheetʼká; Russian: Ситка) is a unified city-borough in the southeast portion of the U.S. state of Alaska. It was under Russian rule from...
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  • campus in Juneau, Alaska and extended campuses in Sitka and Ketchikan. It is part of the University of Alaska System and was established on July 1, 1987, with...
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    State Historic Site, is a National Historic Landmark and state park in Sitka, Alaska. The hill, providing a commanding view over the city, is the historical...
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    central business district of Sitka, a city and borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. The airport is named after Sitka's former mayor Rocky Gutierrez....
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    Эджком) is located at the southern end of Kruzof Island, Alaska, about 15 miles (24 km) west of Sitka. The dormant volcano is about 9.9 miles (16 km) east...
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    (see Alaska boundary dispute). The region is noted for its scenery and mild, rainy climate. The largest cities in the region are Juneau, Sitka, and Ketchikan...
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    Sitka, Alaska, and it is not to be confused with the similarly named sika deer. Weighing in on average between 48 and 90 kg (106 and 198 lb), Sitka deer...
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  • Zone in Sitka, Alaska, USA, Timeanddate.com. "Keeping Time in Alaska: National Directives, Local Response | Alaska Historical Society". Alaska Historical...
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    Report, Alaska Department of Fish & Game, Dec. 2003 Chichagof Island Census Blocks, Sitka City and Borough and Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, Alaska United...
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    of the Orthodox Church in America Diocese of Alaska, at Lincoln and Maksoutoff Streets in Sitka, Alaska. The earliest Orthodox cathedral in the New World...
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    "State Calendar". Alaska Department of Administration. 2011. Retrieved October 18, 2014. "Alaska Day Festival". Visit Sitka. Greater Sitka Chamber of Commerce...
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  • The Sitka Tribe of Alaska is the federally recognized tribal government for more than 4,000 federally recognized Native people, mostly Alaska Natives...
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    The Battle of Sitka (Russian: Сражение при Ситке) in 1804 was the last major armed conflict between the Russians and Alaska Natives, and was initiated...
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  • KSEW (1400 AM) was a radio station in Sitka, Alaska. The frequency began in 1949 as KALA. On September 13, 1954, The 1400 AM frequency was reactivated...
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    United States the territory of Alaska." General Lovell Rousseau accepted the territory. (Peshchurov had been sent to Sitka as commissioner of the Russian...
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    Picea sitchensis, the Sitka spruce, is a large, coniferous, evergreen tree growing to just over 100 meters (330 ft) tall, with a trunk diameter at breast...
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    Sitka National Historical Park (earlier known as Indian River Park and Totem Park) is a national historical park in Sitka in the U.S. state of Alaska...
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    on Baranof Island in Sitka, Alaska, United States. Founded in 1878, it was the oldest institution of higher learning in Alaska and maintained a historic...
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  • Anchorage Outer Coast College, forthcoming, in Sitka Alaska portal List of college athletic programs in Alaska Higher education in the United States List...
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    most notably Redoubt Saint Michael (Old Sitka), leaving New Russia as the only remaining outpost on mainland Alaska. This failed to expel the Russians, who...
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    Pavlovskaya (Kodiak) and later New Archangel (Sitka), Russian colonies that were bases of the company in present-day Alaska. In addition, he oversaw the expansion...
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    Baranof Island (redirect from Sitka Island)
    Coast". Sitka, Alaska: Arrowhead Press. p. 7. State of Alaska, Department of Fish and Game (2022-10-23). "Virtual Wildlife Viewing - Podcasts, Alaska Department...
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    The Alaska Raptor Center, formerly the Alaska Raptor Rehabilitation Center, is a raptor rehabilitation center in Sitka in the U.S. state of Alaska. Located...
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  • Thorne Bay Mt. Edgecumbe High School, Sitka (3A) Pacific High School (Sitka, Alaska), Sitka Sitka High School, Sitka (3A) Skagway High School, Skagway Valdez...
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  • Sitka, Alaska is a unified city-borough in the southeast portion of the U.S. state of Alaska. Sitka may also refer to: Sitka, Indiana Sitka, Kansas Sitka...
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    48-50°N. The Alaska Current produces large clockwise eddies at two sites: west of the Haida Gwaii ("Haida Eddies") and west of Sitka, Alaska ("Sitka Eddy")...
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    The Sitka Police Department (SPD) is a law enforcement agency which serves Sitka, Alaska. The jurisdiction of the Sitka Police Department covers the entire...
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    also known as the Old Sitka Site and now in Old Sitka State Historical Park, is a National Historic Landmark near Sitka, Alaska. Now of archaeological...
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    (After the United States purchased Alaska in 1867, Novoarkhangelsk was renamed Sitka and became the first capital of Alaska Territory.) Russian fur-traders...
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    The Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge (often shortened to Alaska Maritime or AMNWR) is a United States National Wildlife Refuge comprising 2,400...
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