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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
  • The Ultimate Chart of 100 Lighthouses of the United States.
  • Lighthouses of Alaska
Contact SMHS 

Phone: (907) 623-8054

Email:  [email protected]

Mail: PO Box 2153
           Sitka, Alaska 99835
                           
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