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    Sitka (Tlingit: Sheetʼká; ‹See Tfd›Russian: Ситка) is a unified city-borough in the southeast portion of the U.S. state of Alaska. It was under 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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    The Sitka deer or Sitka black-tailed deer (Odocoileus hemionus sitkensis) is a subspecies of mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus), similar to the Columbian...
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  • Kansas Sitka Township, Clark County, Kansas Sitka, Kentucky Sitka, Ohio Sitka Tribe of Alaska, a federally-recognized tribal government Sitka High School...
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    Emil Sitka (December 22, 1914 – January 16, 1998) was an American actor who appeared in hundreds of movies, short films, and television shows, and who...
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    The Battle of Sitka (‹See Tfd›Russian: Сражение при Ситке; 1804) was the last major armed conflict between Russians and Alaska Natives, and was initiated...
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    the Kake in retribution for the death of two Kake departing Sitka village by canoe. Sitka was the site of a standoff between the Army and Tlingit due...
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  • Time in Alaska (redirect from America/Sitka)
    location used a different local mean time based on its longitude. For example, Sitka, the capital of Alaska at the time, at longitude 135°20′W, had a local time...
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  • USS Sitka has been the name of more than one United States Navy ship, and may refer to: USS Sitka (PF-94), a patrol frigate renamed USS Milledgeville (PF-94)...
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    Sitka Rocky Gutierrez Airport (IATA: SIT, ICAO: PASI, FAA LID: SIT) is a state-owned, public-use airport located west of the central business district...
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    the commissioners arrived in Sitka and the formal transfer was arranged; the formal flag-raising took place at Fort Sitka on October 18, 1867. In the ceremony...
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    Sitka is an unincorporated community in Clark County, Kansas, United States. Sitka was founded in 1909. Its post office was closed on May 22, 1964. The...
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    Sorbus sitchensis, commonly known as western mountain ash and Sitka mountain-ash, is a small species of shrub of north-western North America. A multi-stemmed...
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    Baranof Island (redirect from Sitka Island)
    the City and Borough of Sitka (Sitka also extends northward onto Chichagof Island). The only part of Baranof that is not in Sitka is a tiny sliver of land...
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  • Sitka and Spruce was a restaurant by Matt Dillon in Seattle, in the U.S. state of Washington. The business earned Dillon a James Beard Foundation Award...
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    of settlements. He founded Pavlovskaya (Kodiak) and later New Archangel (Sitka), Russian colonies that were bases of the company in present-day Alaska...
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    The ABC Islands bear or Sitka brown bear (Ursus arctos sitkensis) is a subspecies or population of brown bear that resides in Southeast Alaska and is...
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  • Sitka is an unincorporated community with U.S. Post Office centered on KY Route 201, in Johnson County, Kentucky, United States. It is located at an elevation...
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    Alnus alnobetula (redirect from Sitka Alder)
    subsp. sinuata have nitrogen-fixing nodules. A study in Alaska showed that Sitka alder seedlings were able to invade coal mine spoils and can be used for...
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    Sitka Sound is a body of water near the city of Sitka, Alaska. It is bordered by Baranof Island to the south and the northeast, by Kruzof Island to the...
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    Benson, a Sitka carver and craftsman, created the original design. The completed version originally stood in Totem Square in downtown Sitka, Alaska. When...
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    Eskimo bowline (redirect from Sitka loop)
    Eskimo bowline Names Eskimo bowline, Sitka loop, anti-bowline, Cossack knot, Kalmyk loop Category Loop Origin Ancient Related Kalmyk loop, bowline, cowboy...
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    named Thomas Ahllund, who had been recruited to work in Sitka: We had not spent many weeks at Sitka when two large steam ships arrived there, bringing things...
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    Church in America Diocese of Alaska, at Lincoln and Maksoutoff Streets in Sitka, Alaska. The earliest Orthodox cathedral in the New World, it was built...
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  • recommended to her. She accepts his terms. They travel to Andrew's hometown of Sitka, Alaska to see his parents Joe and Grace and his grandmother Annie. They...
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  • University of Alaska Southeast (category Buildings and structures in Sitka, Alaska)
    university with its main campus in Juneau, Alaska and extended campuses in Sitka and Ketchikan. It is part of the University of Alaska System and was established...
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  • Sitka is an unincorporated community in Liberty Township, White County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. As a small rural community, it is primarily associated...
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    Sitka Spruce Park is a public park in the city of Unalaska, Alaska. The roughly 5-acre (2.0 ha) park is located on Biorka Drive on Amaknak Island, south...
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  • the upper hand, Sitka gives his life to save his brothers by dislodging the glacier, although the bear survives the fall. After Sitka's funeral, an enraged...
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    Salix sitchensis is a species of willow known by the common name Sitka willow. It is native to northwestern North America from Alaska to northern California...
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