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The City and Borough of Sitka is a city-borough located on the west side of Baranof Island in the Alexander Archipelago of the Pacific Ocean (part of the Alaska Panhandle), in the U.S. state of Alaska. The borough seat is Sitka, the only incorporated section. Sitka is the state's fourth-largest city in terms of population.
The town served as the capital of Russian America until 1867, and was the busiest seaport on the west coast of North America, as evidenced by Dana in his popular account of a 1834 sailing voyage.
Sitka has the largest incorporated city limits in the United States, four times the size of the state of Rhode Island.

Louis L'Amour penned Sitka, his fictional account of the events surrounding the United States' purchase of the Alaska Territory from the Russians for $7.2 million in 1867.
Novelist James Michener resided at Sitka's Sheldon Jackson College while doing research for his epic work, Alaska.
Mystery author John Straley described Sitka as "...an island town where people feel crowded by the land and spread out on the sea."
Part of the action in the novel César Cascabel by Jules Verne takes place in Sitka in May–June, 1867 during the transfer of ownership to the United States.
Sitka is a character in the 2003 Disney animated feature Brother Bear.
According to the National Marine Fisheries Service, Sitka is the ninth most valuable commercial fisheries port in the nation and fourth in Alaska with $43.3 million dollars passing through its port in 2004.
Sitka has the largest harbor system in the State of Alaska.

Alaska Raptor Center
Baranof Castle Hill
Isabel Miller Museum
Naa Kahidi Dancers who perform in the Naa Kahidi House
Russian Bishop's House
Saint Lazaria National Wildlife Refuge
Sheldon Jackson Museum
Sitka Fine Arts Camp
Sitka Jazz Festival
Sitka Lutheran Church
Sitka National Historical Park
Sitka Pioneer Home
Sitka Summer Music Festival
Tongass National Forest
Whale Fest

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