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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Chichagof Island (redirect from Chichagof Island (Alaska))
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 (redirect from Sitka spruce)
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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Sheldon Jackson College (redirect from Sitka Industrial and Training School)
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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Russian colonization of North America (redirect from Russian Alaska)
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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Alexander Andreyevich Baranov (section Battle of Sitka)
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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