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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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  • Zone in Sitka, Alaska, USA, Timeanddate.com. "Keeping Time in Alaska: National Directives, Local Response | Alaska Historical Society". Alaska Historical...
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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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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    (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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    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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    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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    "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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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  • Petersburg Indian Association Sitka, Alaska - Sitka Tribe of Alaska Skagway, Alaska - Skagway Traditional Council Tenakee, Alaska - Tenakee Springs Indian...
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    2017 – via Newspapers.com. "Jimmy Carter's Sister Dies", Daily Sitka Sentinel (Sitka, Alaska) March 5, 1990, page 2, accessed July 17, 2017 https://www.bikerrogue...
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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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  • in the city of Sitka in the Alexander Archipelago of southeastern Alaska, United States. It lies across the Sitka Channel from Sitka's central business...
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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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    (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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    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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    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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    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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  • Archipelago in southeastern Alaska. It is about 16 km (10 mi) west of Sitka, and is part of the City and Borough of Sitka. It was named in 1805 by Captain...
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    John Green Brady (category Burials at Sitka National Cemetery)
    for Reynolds-Alaska. He was never convicted. Brady died on December 17, 1918, and was buried in Sitka National Cemetery in Sitka, Alaska. He was interred...
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