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Baranof Island [a] is an island in the northern Alexander Archipelago in the Alaska Panhandle, in Alaska. The name "Baranof" was given to the island in 1805 by Imperial Russian Navy captain U. F. Lisianski in honor of Alexander Andreyevich Baranov. [1] It was called Sheet’-ká X'áat'l (often expressed simply as "Shee" [2]) by the native ...
A view of the city dock during the summer fishing season at Warm Springs Bay. Warm Springs Bay is a 2.4 mile-long bay located just outside the small community of Baranof Warm Springs on Baranof Island in the Alexander Archipelago, Alaska. [1] Warm Springs Bay receives the outflow of Baranof Lake and Baranof River.
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.
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 ...
Most of the islands' area is federally protected wilderness. The city of Sitka has its urban center on the west coast of Baranof Island. Outside of Sitka, there is only minimal industry and human presence on the islands, despite the fact that Admiralty (7th), Baranof (10th), and Chichagof (5th) are among the largest islands in the United States.
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).
Redoubt Lake, or Kunaa Shak Áayi, [2] is a long, narrow lake on Baranof Island, near Sitka, Alaska. It is located in a glacially-carved valley in Tongass National Forest. It was named Ozero Glubokoye, meaning "deep lake", in 1809 by the Russian navigator Ivan Vasilyev. [3] Redoubt Lake is one of the largest meromictic lakes in North America ...
Port Alexander once was a bustling city with as many as 2,500 people in the early 20th century, [5] Prior to the 1920s, Port Alexander was the salmon fishing capital of the world. Port Alexander originally incorporated in 1936. It became a part of the Greater Sitka Borough in 1963, following the state legislature's passage of the Mandatory ...