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Here are a few websites related to Sitka's maritime history. Please contact us if you know of one that should be added.

  • UAF Project Jukebox - Interviews about the history of Sitka National Historical Park, site of the Battle of Sitka, 1804
  • Alaska Historical Society Materials on the 1867 Treaty of Cession
  • Voices of Sheldon Jackson School and College - all about the Presbyterian mission that became Sheldon Jackson College
  • Sitka History, Maritime and Mission sitkaartblog.wordpress.com
  • Sustaining Alaska's Fisheries: Fifty Years of Statehood A publication of Alaska Department of Fish and Game commissioned for the 50th anniversary of Alaska Statehood.
  • E. W. Merrill Photos at Sitka National Historical Park https://www.nps.gov/sitk/learn/historyculture/e-w-merrill-photograph-collection.htm
  • The Sitka Historical Society -- sitkahistory.org
  • The Sitka World War II Page  -- sitkaww2.com
  • U. S. Coast Artillery and the Harbor Defenses of the United States -- cdsg.org
  • Sitka Whalefest -- sitkawhalefest.org
  • Naval History and Heritage Command (U.S. Navy History) www.history.navy.mil
  • The Sitka Seafood Festival -- sitkaseafoodfestival.org
  • The Alaska Maritime Conservation Council -- akmarine.org
  • The Cape Decision  Lighthouse Society -- capedecisionlight.org
  • The Kodiak Maritime Museum -- kodiakmaritimemuseum.org
  • NOAA Voices from the Fisheries -- st.nmfs.noaa.gov/voicesfromthefisheries
  • Juneau Maritime Festival -- juneaumaritimefestival.org
  • Maritime Glossary -- http://www.actiondonation.org/articles/maritime-glossary.html
  • UAF Alaska and Polar Regions Index to Articles in Periodicals https://jlc-web.uaa.alaska.edu/client/en_US/uafappi
Some websites with information on world maritime heritage:

  • Graphic Timeline of World's Largest Passenger Ships at HMY Yachts
  • Viking Ships www.hurstwic.org
  • American Steamboats from American Studies at the University of Virginia  xroads.virginia.edu
  • Ancient Phoenician Ships and Sea Trade www.phoenician.org
  • History of Containerization from the World Shipping Council www.worldshipping.org
  • Ancient Egyptian Boats from Discovery Education streaming.discoveryeducation.com
  • History of Marine Diesel from The Motorship www.motorship.com
  • Prehistoric Boats from the University of Montreal iro.umontreal.ca
Contact SMHS 

Phone: (907) 623-8054

Email:  sitkamaritime@gmail.com

Mail: PO Box 2153
           Sitka, Alaska 99835
                           
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Some of the images on this site are copyrighted, including  images in our banner slideshow,  those on the historical collection page, and those provided to us by  photographer James Poulson and others. 

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