15 Facts About Sitka Alaska

Current name Sitka Alaska means "People on the Outside of Baranof Island", whose Tlingit name is .

Sitka Alaska 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 as part of the Sitka National Historical Park.

Today Sitka Alaska encompasses portions of Baranof Island and the smaller Japonski Island, which is connected to Baranof Island by the O'Connell Bridge.

Sitka Alaska has an oceanic climate with moderate, but generally cool, temperatures and abundant precipitation.

In 1910, Sitka Alaska was reported as two separate communities based on race: the village with mostly non-natives and the part of the village with natives .

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In 1913, Sitka Alaska was incorporated as a city, rendering the division by the census bureau for 1910 moot.

Sitka Alaska is the 6th largest port by value of seafood harvest in the United States.

City and Borough of Sitka Alaska is a Unified Home Rule city.

Edgecumbe High School, a State of Sitka Alaska-run boarding high school for rural, primarily Native students, is located on Japonski Island adjacent to University of Sitka Alaska Southeast.

Until its closing, Sitka Alaska was home to Stratton Library, the academic library of Sheldon Jackson College.

Sitka Alaska is served by the Daily Sitka Alaska Sentinel, one of the few remaining independently owned daily newspapers in the state.

Sitka Alaska has three radio stations, public radio station KCAW, and commercial radio stations KIFW, and KSBZ.

Sitka Alaska is only accessible by boat or plane as it is on a pair of islands in the Pacific Ocean.

The Sitka Alaska Seaplane Base is a seaplane landing area situated in the Sitka Alaska Channel, adjacent to the airport.

Sitka's location on the outer coast of the Alaska Panhandle is removed from routes running through Chatham Strait.