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5 days ago · 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 1799 to 1867. The city is situated on the west side of Baranof Island and the south half of Chichagof Island in the Alexander Archipelago of the Pacific Ocean (part of the Alaska Panhandle).
- Mount Edgecumbe
A view toward Mount Edgecumbe A snow-capped Mount Edgecumbe,...
- Sitka (Disambiguation)
Battle of Sitka, a 1804 battle between Russians and Alaska...
- St. Michael's Cathedral
St. Michael's Cathedral is located in the downtown business...
- Baranof Island
Baranof Island is an island in the northern Alexander...
- Mount Edgecumbe
4 days ago · Sitka Spruce, Alaska's state tree, is the largest of all spruce, with a tall and straight trunk from a buttressed base and a broad, open, and conical crown of horizontal branches. Throughout southeast Alaska, Prince William Sound, Kodiak Island, Kenai Peninsula, and up the northern edge of the range extends just north of Girdwood, you can find ...
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5 days ago · Alaska has a coastline of 6,640 miles, and has many bodies of water bordering it. To the north is the Arctic Ocean and Beaufort Sea. To the northwest is the Chukchi Sea. The Bering Strait and Bering Sea lie along the west and southwest of Alaska, as well as the north of the Aleutian Islands.
4 days ago · For example, farmers in Alaska produced more than 112,000 pounds of sugar, ribbon, and bull kelp in 2019. That’s a 200 percent increase over the state’s first commercial harvest in 2017. The largest kelp farm in North America is located off southeastern Alaska.
5 days ago · Who We Are: A Brief History. The people of Native Village of Afognak are the descendants of the original Alutiiq inhabitants of the village of Ag’waneq, which was located on the island of Afognak, three miles off the shore of Kodiak Island. We are a federally recognized tribe.
3 days ago · Alaska Wildflowers. There are over 1500 species of wildflowers in the state of Alaska. This collection only covers a small fraction of them but will grow over time. I’m working on photographing key identifying features on as many as I can over our short summers. This Alaska Wildflower Guide contains valuable information about each plant as ...
3 days ago · The Northwestern United States, also known as the American Northwest or simply the Northwest, is an informal geographic region of the United States. The region consistently includes the states of Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming. Some sources include Southeast Alaska in the Northwest. What is the Pacific Northwest zone?
