Three Saints Bay Site - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Three Saints Bay Site - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Three Saints Bay (, r Bukhta Tryokh Svyatitelyej) is a 9-mile (14-kilometer)-long inlet on the southeast side of Kodiak Island, Alaska, north of Sitkalidak Strait. It is southwest of Kodiak. The Three Saints Bay Site is an archaeological site, the location of the first Russian settlement in Alaska, Three Saints Harbor (, Gavan’ Tryokh Svyatitelyej). The settlement was founded in 1784 by Grigory Shelikhov.Brown, S.R., 2009, Merchant Kings, New York: St. Martin's Press, The main settlement was moved in 1792 to Pavlovskaya Gavan (Павловская гавань – Paul's HarborU.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Kodiak), now known as the city of Kodiak.Khlebnikov, K.T., 1973, Baranov, Chief Manager of the Russian Colonies in America, Kingston: The Limestone Press, The Three Saints Bay Site was declared a National Historic Landmark by the United States in 1978. Read more on Wikipedia
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