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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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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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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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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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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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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Zone in Sitka, Alaska, USA, Timeanddate.com. "Keeping Time in Alaska: National Directives, Local Response | Alaska Historical Society". Alaska Historical...
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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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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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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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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 Battle of Sitka (Russian: Сражение при Ситке; 1804) was the last major armed conflict between Russians and Alaska Natives, and was initiated in response...
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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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Russian colonization of North America (redirect from Russian Alaska)
settlements were concentrated in Alaska, including the capital, New Archangel (Novo-Arkhangelsk), which is now Sitka. Russian expansion eastward began...
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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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The Alaska Raptor Center is a raptor rehabilitation center in Sitka in the U.S. state of Alaska. Located on a 17–acre campus bordering the Tongass National...
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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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"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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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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Coast Guard Air Station Sitka, is an Air Station of the United States Coast Guard located in Sitka, Alaska. The station was originally established on Annette...
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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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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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Tongass National Forest (redirect from Tongass National Forest, Alaska)
district offices located in Craig, Hoonah, Juneau, Ketchikan, Petersburg, Sitka, Thorne Bay, Wrangell, and Yakutat. The Alexander Archipelago Forest Reserve...
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Kruzof Island (redirect from Kruzof Island (Alaska))
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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retained the function ever since. Upon the purchase of Russian America, Sitka, Alaska became the Territory Capital in 1867. After the capital was moved to...
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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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protected wilderness. The city of Sitka has its urban center on the west coast of Baranof Island. Outside of Sitka, there is only minimal industry and...
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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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