Sitka 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
Downtown Sitka in 1984
Gajaa Héen (Old Sitka), c. 1827. The new Russian palisade atop "Castle Hill" (Noow Tlein) that surrounded the Governor's Residence had three watchtowers, armed with 32 cannons, for defense against Tlingit attacks.
Group of Distinguished Chiefs in Sitka (1868)
Southeast Alaska, often abbreviated to southeast or southeastern, and sometimes called the Alaska panhandle, is the southeastern portion of the U.S. state of Alaska, bordered to the east and north by
A MODIS photograph of Southeast Alaska, February 2002. Border lines with Yukon and British Columbia have been artificially added.
The City and Borough of Juneau, the most populous borough in southeast Alaska.
Ketchikan Gateway Borough, the second most populous borough in southeast Alaska.
The Tongass National Forest, near Ketchikan