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Chichagof Island (Russian: Остров Чичагова), or Shee Kaax, is an island in the Alexander Archipelago of the Alaska Panhandle.At 75 miles (121 km) long and 50 miles (80 km) wide, it has a land area of 2,048.61 square miles (5,305.9 km 2), making it the fifth largest island in the United States and the 109th largest island in the world.
Swan Lake (Tlingit: X̱'wáat' Héen Áakʼu), [3] is a small lake located in the center of the town of Sitka, Alaska. It is a man-made lake, created during the Russian occupation of Alaska as an income source during the winter. Russians would export ice to southern communities in the Pacific Northwest.
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Green Lake (Tlingit: Gageit' Tá) [2] is a lake/reservoir south of Sitka, Alaska. It is fed by the Vodopad River and outflows into Silver Bay. The Medvejie Fish Hatchery short-term rears smolt (juvenile salmon) in net pens in Green Lake. [3] The lake is artificially expanded by the Green Lake Dam.
Location: Baranof Island, Sitka City and Borough, Alaska: Coordinates: 1]: Type: Reservoir: Primary inflows: Blue Lake Valley Creek: Primary outflows: Sawmill Creek: Basin countries: United States: Max. length: 3 mi (4.83 km) [1]: Surface area: 1,225 acres (5 km 2): Max. depth: 468 ft (143 m): Surface elevation: 436 ft (133 m) [1]: References: [1] [2]: Blue Lake (Tlingit: Gajook Héen Yik ...
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).
The W.P. Mills House, also known as Cushing House, Longenbaugh House, Poulson House and Island House, is a historic house at 1 Maksoutoff Street in Sitka, Alaska.It occupies a prominent site in Sitka, located on a small island in the harbor at the end of a 400-foot (120 m) causeway.
Silver Bay, or G̱ag̱eitʼ, in the Tlingit language, [1] is a deep water fjord located southeast of Sitka, Alaska, United States, that indents Baranof Island.It was named through a United States Coast and Geodetic Survey translation of Bukhta Serebryanikova, a name published first by Captain Tebenkov of the Imperial Russian Navy in 1852.