Travel to southeast Alaska and enjoy Sitka

A beautiful and amazing town in Southeast Alaska. Surrounded by a stunning natural wilderness, Sitka is one of the most beautiful places in the world.

Home of the original capital of Russian America, before the state was sold to the United States of America. A popular destination for travellers along the inside passage. Over 250,000 tourists a year visit Sitka, either by flying in or taking a cruise on one of the many cruise lines which travel to Alaska. Sitka is known for its natural beauty, hunting, fishing, sight seeing charters, and historical legacy.

The major airline to service Sitka is Alaska Airlines, fly there or book a journey on a cruise ship and enjoy a unique wilderness vacation.

Sitka Salmon Derby

Every year there is an annual salmon derby, where king salmon upwards of 70 pounds are typically the winning fish.   

Located in the stunning Alaskan wilderness, with a relatively moderate climate, Sitka is a popular tourist destination.

Abundant game, power provided by a local hydro-electric dam, and a permanant fishing fleet puts the town of Sitka in the enviable position of being potentially self-sufficient.  

Local businesses of note:

Sitka Sound Seafoods, a local cannery that will ship locally caught halibut and salmon to anywhere in the lower 48.  This company is responsible for processing the catch of the local fleet.

Local Landmarks

St. Michael's Cathedral
Totem Park
The Centennial Building
Sheldon Jackson College
Sitka Airport (technically in Mt. Edgecomb on Japonski Island)
Castle Hill
Swan Lake
Alaska Raptor Center

Sitka is the place to travel to if you want to experience the wilderness go on a fishing charter or have a uniqe cruise or vacation experience.

Hunting, fishing, whale watching, lodging, accomodations and other resources are currently being listed and updated.  News section will have list of governmental resources, local businesses and other potential acquisitions by interested parties.   As list develops I will provide website links, addresses to get potential developers started.  Join Sitka and be part of a new and exciting weblo community that is growing.

Salmon Fishing Sitka Alaska

This is how its done and where its happening at!
Video Courtesy of skysirrico"

whale watching in Sitka Sound ... Enjoy the view

Flying Around Sitka

Sitka Landmarks

St. Michael's Cathedral
240 Lincoln Street, Sitka, AK 99835

This is a notable landmark and popular tourist destination.

In 1848, in the capital of Russian Alaska, Sitka, then known as Novoarkhangelsk, was built.  It was the center of the Eastern Orthodox power base in the land of Alaska.

During the 1960's the Cathedral caught on fire and burned to the ground.   Local citizens formed chains and passed the majority of the artifacts from the burning building.   In the 1970's the church was rebuilt, exactingly to the original design.  

The dramatic architecture dominates the center of the town, over 150 years since its original construction.