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Archaeological site in Alaska, United States

United States historic place

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Redoubt St. Archangel Michael Site
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark
Alaska Heritage Resources Survey

This Russian plate was buried at the time of the settlement's establishment, and is now in the Russian Bishop's House in Sitka.

Location	Mile 6.9 of Halibut Point Road, about 6 miles (9.7 km) north of Sitka
Nearest city	Sitka, Alaska
Coordinates	57°07′46″N 135°22′24″W / 57.12955°N 135.37342°W / 57.12955; -135.37342
Area	5 acres (2.0 ha)
Built	1799
NRHP reference No.	66000166
AHRS No.	SIT-006
Added to NRHP	October 15, 1966
Designated NHL	June 13, 1962

The Redoubt St. Archangel Michael Site, also known as the Old Sitka Site and now in Old Sitka State Historical Park, is a National Historic Landmark near Sitka, Alaska. Now of archaeological interest, the site, about 7 miles (11 km) north of Sitka at the end of Halibut Point Road, was the site of the early Russian-American Company settlement known as Redoubt St. Archangel Michael (Russian: форт Архангела Михаила, r "Fort Arkhangela Mikhaila"). It was the first non-Native settlement on Baranof Island. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1962, and was made a state park in 1966.

History

In 1779, Alexander Baranov, a leader of the Russian-American Company, arrived near the site of modern Sitka, and negotiated with the local Tlingit people for a site on which the company could establish an outpost. Although he would have preferred what is now called Castle Hill in Sitka, he was granted this site on Starrigavan Bay. It was not until 1799 that the company established a presence, building a number of log buildings, surrounded by a palisade. In 1802 the Tlingit attacked and destroyed the premises. The Russians returned to the area in force in 1804, and established a permanent presence at Castle Hill after the Battle of Sitka. Replacements were built in 1808, 1823, 1836 and 1894. In 1900 an agricultural station was built and demolished after 1955.

The site was excavated in 1934-35, at which time archaeologists recovered numerous artifacts and identified the locations of the Russian buildings of the former redoubt. In the years that followed the site was partially compromised by erosion and construction activity. 1 The state built a wayside stop at the site in 1966, and now operates it as a state park. It was designated a National Historic Landmark (as "Redoubt St. Archangel Michael Site") in 1962, and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1966 (as "Old Sitka Site").

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
^ "National Historic Landmark: Redoubt St. Archangel Michael Site". National Park Service. Retrieved March 25, 2012.
^ "Russian American Theme National Historic Landmarks (PDF page 353)" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved October 1, 2014.
William S. Hanable (April 4, 1975) National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: American Flag-Raising Site (AHRS Site Sit 002) / Baranov Castle / Castle Hill, National Park Service and Accompanying 5 photos, from 1954, 1965, 1967.

Protected areas of Alaska

Federal

National Parks	Denali Gates of the Arctic Glacier Bay Katmai Kenai Fjords Kobuk Valley Lake Clark Wrangell–St. Elias
National Historical Parks	Klondike Gold Rush (Chilkoot Trail) Sitka
National Monuments	Admiralty Island (USFS) Aleutian Islands World War II (FWS) Aniakchak Cape Krusenstern Misty Fjords (USFS)
National Preserves	Bering Land Bridge Noatak Yukon–Charley Rivers
National Wildlife Refuges	Alaska Maritime Alaska Peninsula Arctic Becharof Innoko Izembek Kanuti Kenai Kodiak Koyukuk Nowitna Selawik Tetlin Togiak Yukon Delta Yukon Flats
National Forests	Chugach Tongass
Forest Service units	Mendenhall Glacier
Wilderness Areas	Aleutian Islands Andreafsky Becharof Bering Sea Bogoslof Chamisso Chuck River Coronation Island Denali Endicott River Forrester Island Gates of the Arctic Glacier Bay Hazy Islands Innoko Izembek Karta River Katmai Kenai Kobuk Valley Kootznoowoo Koyukuk Kuiu Lake Clark Maurille Islands Misty Fjords Mollie Beattie Noatak Nunivak Petersburg Creek–Duncan Salt Chuck Pleasant/Lemesurier/Inian Islands Russell Fiord Saint Lazaria Selawik Semidi Simeonof South Baranof South Etolin South Prince of Wales Stikine-LeConte Tebenkof Bay Togiak Tracy Arm-Fords Terror Tuxedni Unimak Warren Island West Chichagof-Yakobi Wrangell–Saint Elias
Wild and Scenic Rivers	Alagnak Alatna Andreafsky Aniakchak Beaver Creek Birch Creek Charley Chilikadrotna Delta Fortymile Gulkana Ivishak John Kobuk North Fork Koyukuk Mulchatna Noatak Nowitna Salmon Selawik Sheenjek Tinayguk Tlikakila Unalakleet Wind
National Conservation Area	Steese

State

State Parks	Afognak Island Chilkat Chugach Denali Kachemak Bay Point Bridget Shuyak Island Wood-Tikchik
State Forests	Haines Southeast Tanana Valley

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Governors	Alexander Baranov Ludwig von Hagemeister Semyon Yanovsky Matvey Muravyev Pyotr Chistyakov Ferdinand von Wrangel Ivan Kupreyanov Adolf Etholén Mikhail Tebenkov Nikolay Rosenberg Aleksander Rudakov Stepan Voyevodsky Johan Furuhjelm Dmitri Maksutov
People	Vitus Bering Mikhail Gvozdev Gerasim Izmailov Ivan Kuskov Nikolai Rezanov Grigory Shelikhov Evstratii Delarov Demid Ilyich Kulikalov Lavrenty Zagoskin
Missionaries	Ioasaph Bolotov Herman of Alaska Juvenaly of Alaska Innocent of Alaska Iakov Netsvetov
Settlements	Fort Elizabeth (Hawai'i) Fort Alexander Fort Nikolaevskaia Fort Ross (California) Kasilof Kodiak New Archangel (Sitka) New Russia Redoubt Saint Dionysius (Fort Stikine) Redoubt Saint Michael (Old Sitka) Russian Mission St. Michael Three Saints Bay Unalaska
Other	Juno and Avos Orthodox Church Russian-American Company St. Michael's Cathedral Awa'uq Massacre Battle of Sitka

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