Truemors
This is a sign on the fence as we wait to board the ferry ........ no doubt there have been some very irresponsible owners in the past!!
But not this one!
Seven images from around Sitka and its harbor......
Sitka was the Russian capital of Alaska, established in 1799 by Alexander Baranof of the Russian American Company. At one time Sitka had a larger population than San Francisco or Seattle.
This is a picturesque harbor town, situated on Baranof Island. Mt. Edgecumbe on Kruzof Island (3,000 feet, 914 meters) hovers over the town.
www.onroute.com/destinations/alaska/sitka.html
Sitka is steeped in history from the Russian era, with sites such as St. Michael's Cathedral and Castle Hill providing re minders of the town's origins. Also evident are the rough relations between the Russians and the Tlingit Natives who fought the Russian invaders to the teeth on several occasions and wound up isolated from the town by a stockade. Visit the reconstructed blockhouse of the stockade which kept the Native people restricted to a walled area. East of the blockhouse is the Alaska Pioneers Home. A Russian Orthodox cemetery, with graves going back to 1848, is at the end of Observatory Street.
Marcel's Blog .... a daily photo of SITKA!. if you are interested in Sitka, you must check out this blog, it is so interesting!!
July 15 2008.
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