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Sitkoh

Sitkoh

Quick Facts
Region:
  • Sitka
Nearest City:
Elevation:
  • 16 ft (4.88 m)
About

former Indian village on Chichagof I., on Point Craven at mouth of Sitkoh Bay, 6 mi. E of Todd, Alex. Arch.

History of Sitkoh

Tlingit Indian name of a village once located here. "It was to a stockade behind a steep detached rock in this vicinity, according to Lisianski, that the natives retreated after their defeat at Sitka by the Russians in 1804." There were some Indian houses here in 1883. U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, (1883, p. 178).