Sitka Hotel
O’Connell Bridge to Japonski Island
Homes built on rocky islets
Lighthouse home
Docks and the Alaska Native Brotherhood
Baranof Castle Hill
The trail up to the top of Baranof Castle
The Statendam at anchor
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Overlooking the city from Castle Hill
Historic area from Castle Hill
William Fonda Statue (Skagway Bill) in front of the Pioneer Home
Totem in Totem Square. You can see the Russian Blockhouse on the hill above
Totem Square
The Pioneer Home
Skagway Bill Statue
Blooming flowers along Lincoln Street
St. Michael’s Cathedral
The Russian Block House
Tribute to St. Yakov Netsvetov—Orthodox missionary to Alaska
A church between two cultures
A walk throught the Russian Cemetery
Gravesites
More recent graves
Old graves
Spring flowers
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Geodetic Survey House
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Swan Lake Park view
The Russian Bishop’s House
Tlingit totem
St. Peter By the Sea Episcopal Church
Sheldon Jackson Museum
Fishing in Sitka Sound
Spotting an eagle
View of Sitka Sound
Sitka National Historical Park
The Park, located on Sitka Sound, has a large collection of totems
The Statedam is anchored near the Park
Totem
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Another eagle spotted on the way back to town
Crescent Harbor
Another view of Crescent Harbor
View of Crescet Harbor through the rocks
Kayaks for rent near the harbor
Yachts and fishng boats in the harbor
A Statendam tender at the dock
Al waits for the tour to begin
Sam at the Harbor
Heading out to the rocks looking for sea otters
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Finding only a few
Eagle nest
Baranov Island is heavily forested
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A family of sea otters
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Gray faces
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Close up
The boat zooms away from where the sea otters were to find whales
There’s one!
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The dive
Another whale
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Passing a fishing boat on the way back to land
Returning to the harbor, we pass some seals on a buoy
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Fishing trawler
The tour boat took us directly to the Statendam