A great place for an Alaska beer and fresh crab. And an excellent, family-owned restaurant. About six miles out from the city’s downtown, Old Sitka Dock is where most large cruise ships tie-up from Grand Princess to NatGeo expedition ships.Īmong luxury cruise lines, Seabourn will usually drop anchor at Crescent Harbor while Silversea heads to Old Sitka Dock. Sitka has two places for ships to dock Old Sitka Dock (just renamed Sitka Sound Cruise Terminal) and Crescent Harbor. Where Your Ship Will Dock – Cruise Port Info READ NEXT: What to Pack for an Alaska Cruise & Packing List Visitors can meander through Sitka National Historic Park, learn more about Sitka’s history and stand at the locations where the bloody battles raged. The land transfer was finalized on Octoand is now called Alaska Day.
The sale price was $7.2 million or roughly two-cents an acre. With no hope for economic gain, Russia decided to sell Alaska to the United States. The furry creatures were nearly wiped out from over-hunting. It wasn’t long before the prosperous Russians had depleted much of what they fought to claim plush sea otter pelts. Russian forces succeeded in driving the native Tlingit from their ancestral home, to resettle on the other side of the island. In 1804 Russian reinforcements stormed ashore in revenge for the attack two years prior. This didn’t sit well with the Tlingit people and a bloody uprising took place. The territorial Russian governor, Alexander Baranof, with an agreement with the Tlingit chief, aggressively built a fort and out-buildings in hopes of financial gain from the fur trade and other endeavors. Graced with a temperate climate, teeming with salmon and other fish, the Russians set their sights on the sea otter trade.įor 135-years, the town of Sitka became known as the capital of the Russian Empire in Alaska. What they found was an inhabited island rich in natural resources from sea to mountains. Home to the Kiksadi clan of the indigenous Tlingit people until the mid-18th century, when Russian explorers ventured across the Pacific. Sitka’s native history dates back thousands of years. Sitka’s busy fishing harbor, viewed from Japonski Island.
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This overview article will get you familiar with how to get to downtown from the Sitka cruise port, what to around town on your own, wifi, dining and shore excursion suggestions.
Sitka, Alaska Overview – Getting Around Town With knowing a little bit more about Sitka first, it’ll be easier to plan your day. But always check before stepping off the curb!Īfter you read through this Sitka overview, dive right in to my 21 Best Things to Do in Sitka post. So friendly that many cars will stop for pedestrians at clearly-marked designated crosswalks.
Shop owners know the locals and everyone is pretty darn friendly. This small community of barely 8,000 people is keenly intent on keeping Sitka as a small town. Located on the western edge of Baranof Island, one visit and you’ll understand why this town was once nicknamed the “Paris of the Pacific.” If you’re expecting tiny Sitka to be another Alaska cruise port lined with the same glaring jewelry and watch stores that you find in the Caribbean, you’ll be wonderfully surprised.
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