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The name Sitka, or "Shee Atika" means "people on the outside of Shee." Shee is the Tlingit name for Baranof Island.
The modern Sitka was founded in 1799 by Alexandr Baranov, the governor of Russian America. Sitka was the capital of Russian America, when it was known as Novo- Arkhangelsk (New Archangel, a reference to the largest city in the region where Baranov was born), and is still an important town in that state.
The original site of Sitka was at what is now the Old Harbor. A group of Tlingit destroyed the original town in 1802 and it was rebuilt at the present site afterward. The current Sitka area includes parts of Baranof Island and the small Japonski Island, across the Sitka Channel from Sitka, which is connected to Baranov Island by a bridge. Japonski Island is the home of the Sitka airport and the Sitka branch campus of the University of Alaska.
Bishop Innokentii of the Russian Orthodox Church lived in Sitka after 1840. The Bishop's House has been restored by the National Park Service.
Sitka was the site of the ceremony in which the Russian flag was lowered and the United States flag raised after Alaska was purchased by the United StatesThe United States of America also referred to as the United States U. America ¹ or the States is a federal republic in central North America, stretching from the Atlantic in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west. It shares land borders with Canada in in 1867Events January 8 African-American men granted the right to vote in the District of Columbia January 11 Benito Juarez becomes Mexican president again January 30 Emperor Komei of Japan dies. Crown Prince Mutsuhito is expected to become the next Emperor of J. After the guests for the ceremony left, the entire U. S. government presence in Alaska until the Klondike Gold RushThe Klondike Gold Rush was a frenzy of immigration to and gold prospecting in the Klondike in Yukon Territory, Canada, after gold was discovered in the late 19th century. On August 16, 1896, rich placer gold deposits were discovered by George Carmack in B was a single customs inspector in Sitka. Sitka was the capital of the Alaska Territory until 1906, when the capital was moved to Juneau.
The flag lowering and raising event is re-enacted in Sitka every October on Alaska DayAlaska Day October 18, is the anniversary of the formal transfer of Alaska from the ownership of Russia to the United States. The Alaska Purchase in 1867 resulted in the raising of the United States flag at Sitka on October 18, 1867. Holidays of the Unite.
Sitka city and is located at 57°4'48" North, 135°19'54" West (57.079871, -135.331757) 1The following is a list of sources used in the creation of Wikipedia articles on various geographic topics and locations, such as cities, counties, states, and countries. These sources are cited within the thousands of articles which link to this page..
According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough is the largest incorporated area in the U.S, with a total area of 12,461.8 km² (4,811.5 mi²). 7,443.6 km² (2,874.0 mi²) of it is land and 5,018.2 km² (1,937.6 mi²) of it, or 40.27%, is water.