Sitka, Alaska
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Coordinates: 57°3′10″N 135°19′54″W / 57.05278, -135.33167
Country	United States
State	Alaska
Colonized	1799
Incorporated	December 2, 1971
Government
- Mayor	Marko Dapcevich
Area
- Total	4,811.5 sq mi (12,461.8 km²)
- Land	2,874.0 sq mi (7,443.6 km²)
- Water	1,937.6 sq mi (5,018.2 km²)
Elevation	26 ft (8 m)
Population (2005)[1]
- Total	8,986
- Density	3.13/sq mi (1.21/km²)
Time zone	Alaska (UTC-9)
- Summer (DST)	Alaska (UTC-8)
ZIP	99835
Area code(s)	907
FIPS code	02-70540
GNIS feature ID	1414736
Website: www.cityofsitka.com

The City and Borough of Sitka is a unified city-borough located on the west side of Baranof Island in the Alexander Archipelago of the Pacific Ocean (part of the Alaska Panhandle), in the U.S. state of Alaska. Sitka is the state's fourth-largest city by population and the largest city in the United States by area. Binomial name Picea sitchensis (Bong. ... Image File history File links Seal of the City and Borough of Sitka, Alaska. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... This is an alphabetical list of the sovereign states of the world, including both de jure and de facto independent states. ... Federal courts Supreme Court Circuit Courts of Appeal District Courts Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures (List) State Courts Local Government Other countries Atlas  US Government Portal      A U.S. state is any one of the fifty subnational entities of... For other uses, see Alaska (disambiguation). ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Colonialism. ... A Municipal Corporation is a legal defintion for a local governing body, including (but not necessarily limited to) cities, counties, and towns. ... is the 336th day of the year (337th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1971 Gregorian calendar, known as the year of cyclohexanol. ... A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning larger, greater) is the modern title of the highest ranking municipal officer. ... Marko Dapcevich (born 1969) is the current mayor of Sitka, Alaska. ... This article is about the physical quantity. ... A square mile is an English unit of area equal to that of a square with sides each 1 statute mile (≈1,609 m) in length. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... Elevation histogram of the surface of the Earth – approximately 71% of the Earths surface is covered with water. ... A foot (plural: feet or foot;[1] symbol or abbreviation: ft or, sometimes, ′ – a prime) is a unit of length, in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. ... This article is about the unit of length. ... Population density per square kilometre by country, 2006 Population density map of the world in 1994. ... Timezone and TimeZone redirect here. ... −12 | −11 | −10 | −9:30 | −9 | −8 | −7 | −6 | −5 | −4 | −3:30 | −3 | −2:30 | −2 | −1 | −0:25 | UTC (0) | +0:20 | +0:30 | +1 | +2 | +3 | +3:30 | +4 | +4:30 | +4:51 | +5 | +5:30 | +5:40 | +5:45 | +6 | +6:30 | +7 | +7:20 | +7... Although DST is common in Europe and North America, most of the worlds people do not use it. ... −12 | −11 | −10 | −9:30 | −9 | −8 | −7 | −6 | −5 | −4 | −3:30 | −3 | −2:30 | −2 | −1 | −0:25 | UTC (0) | +0:20 | +0:30 | +1 | +2 | +3 | +3:30 | +4 | +4:30 | +4:51 | +5 | +5:30 | +5:40 | +5:45 | +6 | +6:30 | +7 | +7:20 | +7... Area code 907 covers the entire state of Alaska. ... Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) are publicly announced standards developed by the U.S. Federal government for use by all (non-military) government agencies and by government contractors. ... GNIS (The Geographic Names Information System) contains name and locative information about almost two million physical and cultural features located throughout the United States of America and its Territories. ... The word borough has many meanings relating to local government in the United States. ... Baranof Island, also sometimes called Baranov Island or Sitka Island, is an island in the Alexander Archipelago in the Alaska Panhandle, in Alaska. ... A MODIS photograph of the Alexander Archipelago The Alexander Archipelago is an archipelago, or group of islands, off the southeast coast of Alaska. ... The Alaska Panhandle is the coast of the American state of Alaska, just west of the northern half of the Canadian province of British Columbia. ... Federal courts Supreme Court Circuit Courts of Appeal District Courts Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures (List) State Courts Local Government Other countries Atlas  US Government Portal      A U.S. state is any one of the fifty subnational entities of... For other uses, see Alaska (disambiguation). ...

The name Sitka (derived from Sheet’ká, a contraction of the Tlingit name Shee At'iká) means "People on the Outside of Shee," Sheet’-ká X'áat'l (often expressed simply as Shee) being the Tlingit name for Baranof Island. The town is sometimes referred to as "Sitka-by-the-Sea." A Tlingit totem pole in Ketchikan ca. ...

History

The area was originally settled by the native Tlingit (Kolosh) Indians. Old Sitka was founded in 1799 by Alexandr Baranov, the governor of Russian America. Baranov arrived under the auspices of the Russian-American Company, a "semi-official" colonial trading company chartered by Tsar Paul I. In 1802 a group of Tlingit destroyed the original establishment known as Redoubt Saint Michael (an area today called the "Old Sitka") and massacred most of the Russian inhabitants. Baranov was forced to levy 10,000 rubles in ransom for the safe return of the surviving settlers. Alexandr Andreevich Baranov (Александр Андреевич Баранов in Russian), sometimes spelled Aleksander or Alexander and Baranof, was born in 1746 in Kargopol, in the Arkhangelsk province of Russia. ... After the discovery of northern Alaska by Ivan Fedorov in 1732, and the Aleutian Islands, southern Alaska, and north-western shores of North America in 1741 during the Russian exploration conducted by Vitus Bering and Aleksei Chirikov, it took fifty years until the founding of the first Russian colony in... The Russian-American Company was a semi-official colonial trading company started by Grigory Shelikhov and Nikolai Rezanov and chartered by tsar Paul I in 1799. ... Tsar (Bulgarian, Serbian and Macedonian цар, Russian  , in scientific transliteration respectively car and car ), occasionally spelled Czar or Tzar and sometimes Csar or Zar in English, is a Slavonic term designating certain monarchs. ... Paul I of Russia Paul I of Russia (Russian: Pavel Petrovich, Павел I Петрович) (October 1, 1754 - March 23, 1801) was an Emperor (Tsar) of Russia (1796 - 1801). ... ISO 4217 Code RUB User(s) Russia and self-proclaimed Abkhazia and South Ossetia Inflation 7% Source Rosstat, 2007 Subunit 1/100 kopek (копейка) Symbol руб kopek (копейка) к Plural The language(s) of this currency is of the Slavic languages. ...

Gajaa Héen (Old Sitka), circa 1827. The new Russian palisade atop "Castle Hill" (Noow Tlein) that surrounded the Governor's Residence had three watchtowers, armed with 32 cannons, for defense against Tlingit attacks.

Baranov returned to Sitka in 1804 with a large contingent of Russians and Aleuts aboard the Russian warship Neva. The ship bombarded the natives' village, forcing the Tlingits to retreat into the surrounding forest. Following their victory at the Battle of Sitka the Russians established a permanent settlement in the form of a fort, named "Novoarkhangelsk" (or "New Archangel", a reference to Arkhangelsk, the largest city in the region where Baranov was born). In 1808, with Baranov still governor, Sitka was designated the capital of Russian America. Old Sitka, Alaska circa 1805. ... Old Sitka, Alaska circa 1805. ... The Aleuts (self-denomination: Unangax) are the indigenous people of the Aleutian Islands of Alaska, U.S.A.. The homeland of the Aleuts includes the Aleutian Islands, the Pribilof Islands, the Shumagin Islands, and the far western part of the Alaska Peninsula. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The Battle of Sitka (1804) was the last major armed conflict between Europeans and Alaskan Natives, and was initiated in response to the destruction of a Russian trading post two years prior. ... Fortifications (Latin fortis, strong, and facere, to make) are military constructions designed for defensive warfare. ... Arkhangelsk (Russian: ), formerly called Archangel in English, is a city in and the administrative center of Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia. ...

Cathedral of St. Michael, the seat of the Bishop of Kamchatka, the Kurile and Aleutian Islands, and Alaska was built in Sitka in in 1848. St. ...

Saint Michael’s Russian Orthodox Cathedral in Sitka

The original church burnt to the ground in 1966, but was restored to its original appearance, with the deliberate exception of its clockface, which is black in photographs taken prior to 1966, but white in subsequent photos. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution‎ (1,600 × 1,200 pixels, file size: 711 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) The content of this image was reviewed by KenWalker and afterwards uploaded by FlickrLickr. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution‎ (1,600 × 1,200 pixels, file size: 711 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) The content of this image was reviewed by KenWalker and afterwards uploaded by FlickrLickr. ... St. ...

Bishop Innokentii of the Russian Orthodox Church lived in Sitka after 1840. He was known for his interest in education, and his house, parts of which served as a schoolhouse, the Russian Bishop's House has since been restored by the National Park Service. Swedes and Finns were both important parts of the Russian empire, and the Sitka Lutheran Church, built in 1840, was the first Protestant church on the Pacific Coast. After the transition to American control with the the transfer of Alaska from Russia to the United States in 1867, influence of other protestant religions increased, and St. Peter's by-the-Sea Episcopal Church was consecrated as "The Cathedral of Alaska" in 1900. There are twenty two buildings and sites in Sitka that appear in the National Register of Historic Places.^[2] Topics in Christianity Movements · Denominations · Other religions Ecumenism · Preaching · Prayer Music · Liturgy · Calendar Symbols · Art · Criticism Important figures Apostle Paul · Church Fathers Constantine · Athanasius · Augustine Anselm · Aquinas · Palamas · Luther Calvin · Wesley Arius · Marcion of Sinope Archbishop of Canterbury · Catholic Pope Coptic Pope · Ecumenical Patriarch Christianity Portal This box:      This article... Saint Innocent of Alaska was a Russian Orthodox priest, bishop, archbishop and Metropolitan of Moscow and all Russia. ... The Russian Orthodox Church (Русская Православная церковь) is that body of Christians who are united under the Patriarch of Moscow, who in turn is in communion with... Alaskas oldest federally designated park was established in 1910 to commemorate the 1804 Battle of Sitka. ... The National Park Service (NPS) is the United States federal agency that manages all National Parks, many National Monuments, and other conservation and historical properties with various title designations. ... Protestantism is a general grouping of denominations within Christianity. ... The Pacific Coast is any coast fronting the Pacific Ocean. ... List of Registered Historic Places in Alaska: // Aleutian Islands Adak Adak Army Base and Adak Naval Operating Station Akutan St. ... A typical plaque showing entry on the National Register of Historic Places. ...

Sitka was the site of the ceremony in which the Russian flag was lowered and the United States flag raised after Alaska was purchased by the United States in 1867 after the sea otter pelt trade died out. The flag lowering and raising event is re-enacted in Sitka every October 18 (Alaska Day). After the original ceremony, the entire U.S. government presence in Alaska until the Klondike Gold Rush consisted of a single customs inspector on the island. Sitka would serve as the capital of the Alaska Territory until 1906, when the seat of government was relocated north to Juneau. The state's first newspaper, The Sitka Times, was published by Barney O. Ragan on September 19, 1868. Binomial name Enhydra lutris (Linnaeus, 1758) The Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris) is a large otter native to the North Pacific, from northern Japan and Kamchatka west across the Aleutian Islands south to California. ... A pelt is the skin of a (generally) wild animal. ... is the 291st day of the year (292nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Alaska Day, October 18, is the anniversary of the formal transfer of Alaska from the ownership of Russia to the United States. ... A typical gold mining operation, on Bonanza Creek. ... Bold text Location in Juneau City and Borough, Alaska Coordinates: , Country State Borough Juneau City and Borough Founded 1881 Incorporated 1890 Government  - Mayor Bruce Botelho Area  - City  3,255. ... is the 262nd day of the year (263rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1868 (MDCCCLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...

While gold mining and fish canning paved the way for the town's initial growth, it wasn't until World War II, when the Navy constructed an air base on Japonski Island, (with its 30,000 service personnel) that Sitka finally came into its own. Today Sitka encompasses portions of Baranof Island and the smaller Japonski Island (across the Sitka Channel from the town), which is connected to Baranof Island by the O'Connell Bridge. O'Connell Bridge, Sitka, was the first cable stayed bridge built in the Western Hemisphere. Japonski Island is home to Sitka Rocky Gutierrez Airport (IATA:SIT, ICAO:PASI), the Sitka branch campus of the University of Alaska Southeast, the Mt. Edgecumbe High School — a state-run boarding school for rural Alaskans, the Indian Health Service regional hospital SEARHC (SouthEast Alaska Regional Healthcare Center), a U.S. Coast Guard air station, and the port and facilities for the USCGC Maple. GOLD refers to one of the following: GOLD (IEEE) is an IEEE program designed to garner more student members at the university level (Graduates of the Last Decade). ... This article is about mineral extractions. ... For other uses, see Fish (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Canning (disambiguation). ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... For other uses, see Airport (disambiguation). ... Japonski Island is a small island in the Alexander Archipelago in southeastern Alaska across the Sitka Strait from Sitka. ... A view down Sitka Channel. ... Sunshine Skyway, Tampa Bay, Florida Millau viaduct in France A cable_stayed bridge is a bridge that consists of one or more pillars, with cables supporting the roadbed. ... Sitka Rocky Gutierrez Airport (IATA: SIT, ICAO: PASI) is a public airport located on Japonski Island in southwestern Sitka, Alaska. ... The University of Alaska Southeast (UAS) is a regional university in the University of Alaska System. ... Mt. ... The Indian Health Service (IHS), an agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is responsible for providing federal health services to American Indians and Alaska Natives. ... This is a list of United States Coast Guard air stations. ... USCGC Sequoia - a sister ship to the Maple. ...

The Home Rule Charter of the City and Borough of Sitka was adopted on 2 December, 1971^[3] for the region of the Greater Sitka Borough, which was incorporated on 24 September 1963.^[4] Look up Devolution in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles accessible from a disambiguation page. ... is the 267th day of the year (268th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see 1963 (disambiguation). ...

Geography

A view toward Sitka from the Pacific Ocean. Sitka is the only town in Southeast Alaska that faces the Gulf of Alaska "head-on."

According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough is the largest incorporated area in the U.S, with a total area of 12,461.8 km² (4,811.5 mi²). 7,443.6 km² (2,874.0 mi²) of it is land and 5,018.2 km² (1,937.6 mi²) of it, or 40.27%, is water. Picture Source: U.S. National Oceanic & Atmospheric Adminstration File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Picture Source: U.S. National Oceanic & Atmospheric Adminstration File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... The Gulf of Alaska is an arm of the Pacific Ocean defined by the curve of the southern coast of Alaska, stretching from the Alaska Peninsula and Kodiak Island in the west to the Alexander Archipelago in the east, where Glacier Bay and the Inside Passage are found. ... The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census as defined in Title ) is a part of the United States Department of Commerce. ... A square metre (US spelling: square meter) is by definition the area enclosed by a square with sides each 1 metre long. ... A square mile is an English unit of area equal to that of a square with sides each 1 statute mile (≈1,609 m) in length. ...

Sitka displaced Juneau, Alaska as the largest city upon the 2000 incorporation with 2,874 square miles of incorporated area. Juneau is 2,717 square miles and was formed through incorporation of the borough and city in 1970. Jacksonville, Florida is the largest city in area in the contiguous 48 states at 758 square miles. “Jacksonville” redirects here. ... This article is about the U.S. State of Florida. ...

• Average annual rainfall is 86 inches; annual average snowfall is 39 inches.

• The average high temperature in August is 62 degrees Fahrenheit, and the average low temperature in January is 30 degrees Fahrenheit.

Mount Edgecumbe, a 3,200-foot-tall dormant stratovolcano, is located on southern Kruzof Island. It can be seen on a clear day from Sitka. For other uses, see Fahrenheit (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Fahrenheit (disambiguation). ... For other mountains named Edgecumbe, see Mount Edgecumbe. ... A cutaway diagram of a stratovolcano Mount St. ... Kruzof Island is an island in the Alexander Archipelago in southeastern Alaska at 57°10 N 135°42 W. It is about 16 km (10 miles) west of Sitka. ...

Adjacent boroughs and census areas

• Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, Alaska - northeast
• Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area, Alaska - southeast

Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon Census Area is a census area located in the state of Alaska. ... Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area is a census area located in the state of Alaska. ...

Demographics

As of the census^GR2 of 2000, there were 8,835 people, 3,278 households, and 2,219 families residing in the borough. The population density was 1.2/km² (3.1/mi²). There were 3,650 housing units at an average density of 0.5/km² (1.3/mi²). The racial makeup of the borough was 68.50% White, 0.32% Black or African American, 18.57% Native American, 3.79% Asian, 0.35% Pacific Islander, 0.94% from other races, and 7.53% from two or more races. 3.28% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 1.87% reported speaking Tlingit at home, while 1.62% speak Tagalog, 1.05% Spanish, and 1.00% Ilokano.^[5] Image:1870 census Lindauer Weber 01. ... It has been suggested that Ethnicity (United States Census) be merged into this article or section. ... It has been suggested that Ethnicity (United States Census) be merged into this article or section. ... It has been suggested that Ethnicity (United States Census) be merged into this article or section. ... It has been suggested that Ethnicity (United States Census) be merged into this article or section. ... It has been suggested that Ethnicity (United States Census) be merged into this article or section. ... It has been suggested that Ethnicity (United States Census) be merged into this article or section. ... It has been suggested that Ethnicity (United States Census) be merged into this article or section. ... It has been suggested that Ethnicity (United States Census) be merged into this article or section. ... It has been suggested that Ethnicity (United States Census) be merged into this article or section. ... The Tlingit language (Eng. ... Tagalog (pronunciation: ) is one of the major languages of the Republic of the Philippines. ... To view the Ilokano edition of this Wikipedia article, select from the in other languages Ilokano (variants: Ilocano, Iluko, Iloco, and Iloko) is the third most-spoken language of the Republic of the Philippines. ...

A view of Sitka's Crecent Harbor, Indian River valley and, in the background, The Sisters.

There were 3,278 households out of which 36.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.0% were married couples living together, 10.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.3% were non-families. 24.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 5.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.61 and the average family size was 3.15. In the borough the population was spread out with 27.2% under the age of 18, 9.4% from 18 to 24, 30.9% from 25 to 44, 24.1% from 45 to 64, and 8.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 104.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 104.8 males. The median income for a household in the borough was $51,901, and the median income for a family was $62,361. Males had a median income of $40,037 versus $30,319 for females. The per capita income for the borough was $23,622. About 4.2% of families and 7.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 9.2% of those under age 18 and 7.2% of those age 65 or over. Download high resolution version (1536x1024, 299 KB)Sitka Harbor, Alaska in May 2002. ... Download high resolution version (1536x1024, 299 KB)Sitka Harbor, Alaska in May 2002. ... Indian River or Kaasda Héen as known by the local Tlingit is a roughly eight-mile long watershed that flows through the community of Sitka on Baranof Island in the Alexander Archipelago of Southeast Alaska. ... Matrimony redirects here. ... The per capita income for a group of people may be defined as their total personal income, divided by the total population. ... Map of countries showing percentage of population who have an income below the national poverty line The poverty line is the level of income below which one cannot afford to purchase all the resources one requires to live. ...

Transportation

Its location on an island makes transportation to and from Sitka inherently difficult, expensive, and inconvenient. By air, Sitka Rocky Gutierrez Airport offers service from jet and regional carrier Alaska Airlines and charter and bush community carrier Harris Aircraft Services. However, delays due to Sitka's weather are frequent. The much more reliable, but also dramatically slower option for travel is the Alaska Marine Highway System (ferry). The ferry terminal is located seven miles north of downtown but receives very infrequent service due what some consider mismanagement of the schedule system. Sitka's location on the outer coast of Alaskan Panhandle and thus far off mainline routes, and the tides of Peril Strait that allow mainline vessels through only at slack tide compound for no designated service by a vessel and minimal service overall. However, the AMHS is often the mode of transportation of choice when the schedule proves convenient especially for lower income groups because of its much cheaper cost. Alaska Marine Lines, a barge and freight company, also has the ability to move cars to other communities connected to the mainland by road systems. The Sitka Tribe of Alaska (STA) offers public transit in conjunction with the Alaska Department of Transportation. Sitka Rocky Gutierrez Airport (IATA: SIT, ICAO: PASI) is a public airport located on Japonski Island in southwestern Sitka, Alaska. ... Alaska Airlines, (NYSE: ALK) is an airline based in Seattle, Washington, United States. ... The Alaska Marine Highway System is the state-run Alaskan ferry system that has been operating year-round since 1963. ... Peril Strait is a strait in the Alexander Archipelago in southeastern Alaska at 57° N 135° W. It is between Chichagof Island to its north and Baranof Island to its south. ...

Education

Colleges and universities

Sitka hosts two post-secondary institutions. Sheldon Jackson College is a small Presbyterian-affiliated private college and University of Alaska Southeast-Sitka Campus is located on Japonski Island in an old World War II hangar. Sheldon Jackson College suspended operations in June, 2007. Sheldon Jackson College (SJC) is a small private college located on Baranof Island in Sitka, Alaska, United States. ... Presbyterianism is part of the Reformed churches family of denominations of Christian Protestantism based on the teachings of John Calvin which traces its institutional roots to the Scottish Reformation, especially as led by John Knox. ... The University of Alaska Southeast (UAS) is a regional university in the University of Alaska System. ... Japonski Island is a small island in the Alexander Archipelago in southeastern Alaska across the Sitka Strait from Sitka. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000...

Schools

The Sitka School District runs several schools in Sitka, including a principal (Sitka High School) and alternative (Pacific High School) high school as well as the town's only middle school, Blatchley Middle School. The Sitka School District (or SSD) provides for the educational needs of citizens of Sitka, Alaska. ... Sitka High School (abbreviated SHS) is the principal high school for the Southeast Alaskan community of Sitka and the Sitka School District. ... Pacific High School is an alternative high school in the Sitka School District located in Sitka, Alaska. ... Blatchley Middle School (BMS) is the sole middle school in the city of Sitka, Alaska serving grades 6-8. ...

Mt. Edgecumbe High School, a State of Alaska-run boarding high school, is located on Japonski Island adjacent to University of Alaska Southeast. Mt. ... A boarding school is a usually fee-charging school where some or all pupils not only study, but also live during term time, with their fellow students and possibly teachers. ... For other uses, see High school (disambiguation). ... Japonski Island is a small island in the Alexander Archipelago in southeastern Alaska across the Sitka Strait from Sitka. ... The University of Alaska Southeast (UAS) is a regional university in the University of Alaska System. ...

Libraries

Sitka has two primary libraries, the public library, Kettleson Memorial Library, as well as Sheldon Jackson College's academic library, Stratton Library. Kettleson Memorial Library is the public library for Sitka, Alaska. ... Stratton Library is an academic library at Sheldon Jackson College. ...

Other

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The Island Institute sponsors an annual symposium that focuses on current social and ethical topics.

Attractions

The Pioneer Home, one of Sitka's many historic structures, in May 2002.

Sitka's many attractions include: Download high resolution version (1536x1024, 336 KB)The Pioneer House in Sitka, Alaska in May 2002. ... Download high resolution version (1536x1024, 336 KB)The Pioneer House in Sitka, Alaska in May 2002. ... The pioneer home with The Prospector statue centerfold. ...

• Alaska Day
• Alaska Raptor Center
• Baranof Castle Hill
• Isabel Miller Museum
• Naa Kahídi Dancers who perform in the Sheet'ká Kwáan Naa Kahídi
• Russian Bishop's House
• Saint Lazaria National Wildlife Refuge
• St. Michael's Cathedral
• Saint Peter's-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church
• Sheldon Jackson Museum
• Sitka Fine Arts Camp
• Sitka Jazz Festival
• Sitka Lutheran Church
• Sitka National Historical Park
• Sitka Pioneer Home
• Sitka Summer Music Festival
• Swan Lake
• Tongass National Forest
• Whale Fest

The flora and fauna of Sitka and its surrounding area are also a notable attraction. Day cruises and guided day trips (hiking) are large enterprises in Sitka. Floatplane "flightseeing" excursions are a breathtaking way to view the area's many sights from high above. Alaska Day, October 18, is the anniversary of the formal transfer of Alaska from the ownership of Russia to the United States. ... Located on a 17–acre campus bordering the Tongass National Forest and the Indian River in the town of Sitka, Alaska, the Alaska Raptor Centers primary mission is the rehabilitation of sick and injured eagles, hawks, falcons, owls, and other birds of prey which are brought in from all... The Isabel Miller Museum is the city museum of Sitka, Alaska. ... Naa Kahídi Dancers perform for tourists every summer at the Sheetká Kwáan Naa Kahídi in Sitka, Alaska. ... The Sheetká Kwáan Naa Kahídi is a Tlingit tribal house. ... Alaskas oldest federally designated park was established in 1910 to commemorate the 1804 Battle of Sitka. ... The Saint Lazaria National Wildlife Refuge or St. ... St. ... Sheldon Jackson Museum is a museum located on the campus of Sheldon Jackson College in Sitka, Alaska. ... Sitka Fine Arts Camp is a nationally-recognized fine arts summer camp located in Sitka, Alaska. ... Sitka Jazz Festival is a jazz festival in the remote community of Sitka, Alaska for four days during the month of February. ... Alaskas oldest federally designated park was established in 1910 to commemorate the 1804 Battle of Sitka. ... The pioneer home with The Prospector statue centerfold. ... The Sitka Summer Music Festival is a month-long classical chamber music festival in the community of Sitka, Alaska. ... Swan Lake is a small lake located in the center of the town of Sitka, in Alaska. ... At 17 million acres (69,000 km²), the Tongass National Forest in southeastern Alaska is the largest national forest in the United States. ... The Sitka Whale Fest logo. ... A DeHavilland Single Otter floatplane in Harbour Air livery. ...

Outdoor opportunities

Further information: List of geographic features on Baranof Island

Sitka's unique position of being straddled between the Pacific Ocean and the most mountainous island in the Alexander Archipelago creates an abundant variety of outdoor opportunities: The following is a partial list of geographic features on Baranof Island: Lakes Baranof Lake Blue Lake Camp Lake Green Lake Indigo Lake Medvejie Lake Mountains Peak 5390 Mount Arrowhead Mount Bassie Mount Furuhelm Mount Verstovia Rivers Baranof River Indian River Categories: | ... A MODIS photograph of the Alexander Archipelago The Alexander Archipelago is an archipelago, or group of islands, off the southeast coast of Alaska. ...

Looking down Sitka Channel in the early morning.

• The Baranof Cross-Island Trail, which leads to the small community of Baranof Warm Springs on the eastern side of the island, is a popular summer hike. Only serious and experienced backpackers, or those with an experienced guide should undertake such a trip due to volatile weather conditions in the mountains and the required crossings of icefields, with crevasses.
• The dormant volcano Mount Edgecumbe is also a popular mountain to summit and features a seven-mile trail up to the top. Guided day-trips are available, but the trip does not require much knowledge to undertake.
• The officially unnamed, but informally named Peak 5390 (the name is derived from its height in feet) is the highest point on Baranof Island, a demanding but rewarding excursion. Few people undertake this hike; those interested should consult with one who has "summitted" previously.
• Kayaking is a popular activity and small guided day excursions are offered locally. For longer trips, popular destinations include the Baranof Island-located outposts of Goddard hot springs, Baranof Warm Springs, Port Alexander, Port Armstrong, or Port Walter. White Sulphur Hot Springs (on the western side of Chichagof Island) is also a destination for ocean kayakers. For locations closer to Sitka, Forest Service cabins are popular.
• For more experienced kayakers, there are many tidewater bays/lakes that offer exhilarating and dangerous whitewater tidal currents.
• There are a number of maintained trails in the Sitka area, many of which are accessible from Sitka's road system. Some popular trails include the Indian River Trail, Beaver Lake Trail, Mosquito Cove Trail, Harbor Mountain/Gavin Hill Trail, Redoubt Lake Trail, Mount Verstovia Trail, and Shelikof Trail.

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Media

Sitka is served by one of the remaining few independently owned daily newspapers in the state in the Sitka Sentinel. The public radio station KCAW and commercial radio stations KIFW and KSBZ fill the airwaves. Sitka also receives circulation of the Capital City Weekly — a weekly regional newspaper based out of Juneau. KTNL-TV (CBS) broadcasts out of Sitka on Channel 13 (Cable 6) serving Southeast Alaska. Additionally, KSCT-LP (NBC) Channel 5, KTOO (PBS) Channel 10[1], and KJUD (cable-only ABC/CW) serve the region. The Sitka Sentinel is a independently-owned daily newspaper published in Sitka, Alaska. ... KCAW is a non-commercial radio station in Sitka, Alaska on 104. ... KIFWs logo. ... KIFWs logo. ... The Capital City Weekly, or CapWeekly as it is informally known, is a free regional weekly newspaper that circulates primarily in Southeast Alaska (it is published in Juneau — Alaskas capital), but also sees circulation in Atlin, British Columbia; Bellingham, Washington; and Seattle. ... KTNL-TV, channel 13, is a CBS affiliate in [[Sitka, Alaska]. The station is owned by Ketchikan Television. ... KATH-LP, is a low-power NBC affiliate serving Juneau, Alaska. ... AlaskaOne (or Alaska One) operates several PBS television stations in Alaska: KTOO-3 (Juneau), KUAC-9 (Fairbanks), and KYUK-4 (Bethel), and rebroadcasts throughout other cities in Alaska. ... KIMO-TV(Channel 13) in Anchorage, KATN (Channel 2) in Fairbanks and KJUD (Channel 8) in Juneau, all in Alaska, are a trio of ABC affiliates covering the The Last Frontier under the Alaskas Superstation banner. ...

Notable residents

A replica of Russian Block House #1 (one of three watchtowers that guarded the stockade walls at Old Sitka) as constructed by the National Park Service in 1962.

• Richard Nelson
• Steve Reifenstuhl
• John Straley

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Sister cities

Further information: List of twin towns and sister cities in the United States

Sitka has the following sister city:^[6] // This is a list of sister cities in the United States arranged alphabetically by state. ...

• Nemuro, Japan

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Trivia

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• The town served as the capital of Russian America until 1867, and was the busiest seaport on the west coast of North America, as evidenced by Dana in his popular account of an 1834 sailing voyage.
• Sitka has the largest incorporated city limits in the United States, four times the size of the state of Rhode Island.
• Sitka has the largest harbor system in the State of Alaska.

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In books and films

• Louis L'Amour penned Sitka, his fictional account of the events surrounding the United States' purchase of the Alaska Territory from the Russians for $7.2 million in 1867.
• Novelist James Michener resided at Sitka's Sheldon Jackson College while doing research for his epic work, Alaska.
• Sitka is the opening setting in Ivan Doig's 1982 historical fiction The Sea Runners.
• Mystery author John Straley described Sitka as "...an island town where people feel crowded by the land and spread out on the sea."
• Part of the action in the novel César Cascabel by Jules Verne takes place in Sitka in May–June, 1867 during the transfer of ownership to the United States.
• A fictionalized Sitka, with a population in the millions and host of a fictional 1977 World's Fair, is the setting of the alternate history detective story The Yiddish Policemen's Union, by Michael Chabon.
• Sitka is a character in the 2003 Disney animated feature Brother Bear.

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Notes

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General references

Postcard: Sitka in 1886
Looking past downtown Sitka, up Indian River valley. Probably taken from Castle Hill.

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See also

• USS Sitka (APA-113)
• Sitka Tribe of Alaska
• Russian Alaska
• List of United States cities by area

The USS Sitka (APA-113) was a Bayfield-class attack transport built for the United States Navy during World War II. Named for Sitka, Alaska (a town on the western coast of Baranof Island), she was the only U.S. Naval vessel to bear the name. ... The Sitka Tribe of Alaska is the federally recognized tribal government for more than 3,900 Alaska Natives living in or near Sitka in the U.S. state of Alaska. ... Bering Strait, Alaskas West coast and Russias East coast // The first written accounts indicate that the first Europeans to reach Alaska came from Russia. ... . ...

External links

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Sitka, Alaska

• Sitka.com
• Sitka Economic Development Association
• Sitka Webcam
• Visit Sitka
• Virtual Reality Panorama of "Castle Hill" and other points-of-interest in Sitka
• A diorama of New Archangel (Sitka) as it looked in 1867 — display at the Isabel Miller Museum.
• Sitka Tribe of Alaska official website

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