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	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		Baranof Island is the most mountaneous island in the Alexander Archipelago, the eighth largest island in Alaska, the ninth largest island in the United States (excluding Puerto Rico), and the 135th largest island in the world.
		The population of the island was 8,532 at the 2000 census.
		Baranof Island was the center of Russian activity in North America during the period from 1804–1867 and was the headquarters of the Russian fur-trading interest.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Baranof_Island (450 words)

	Alaska Glacier Tour Route - Charter Yacht Kayaking Mothership
		South Baranof Island is perhaps the most isolated part of Southeast.
		Both the east and west shorelines are indented by spectacular fjords that nearly bisect the island.
		The island has two hot springs, one on the west side and one on the east.
	www.homeshore.com /alaska_baranof_tour_route.htm (1316 words)

	Glen Himmelberg - Department of Geological Sciences - University of Missouri-Columbia
		Detailed investigations are underway in the Western and Central metamorphic belts of the Coast Mountains Complex, the Admiralty Island metamorphic belt and the Baranof Island metamorphic belt.
		The Admiralty Island metamorphic belt consists of sub-belts of subgreenschist to amphibolite facies rocks that were produced during Triassic and post-Late Triassic regional metamorphism and deformation.
		The Baranof Island metamorphic belt consists of regionally thermally metamorphosed rocks exposed over at least 1200 km2, making it one of the largest such regions reported to date.
	web.missouri.edu /~geolwww/people/himmelberg.html (554 words)

	Sitka-Our Setting
		Sitka is located in southeastern Alaska on the outer coast of Baranof Island.
		Baranof Island is home to the Tlingit Indians who have lived here for centuries.
		In the early 19th century, the Russians, interested primarily in developing a commercial fur trade from local sea otters, made Sitka the capital of Russian America.
	home.gci.net /~island/sitka.htm (243 words)

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		Lodge is nestled in Warm Springs Bay on the east side of Baranof Island, 20 air miles east of Sitka.
		Baranof Wilderness Lodge provides all tackle, waders and flies if you need them and it's all top notch equipment.
		Getting to Baranof Wilderness Lodge from just about anywhere is a breeze with daily flights into Sitka where you will overnight before being flown into the lodge the next morning via float plane.
	www.danblanton.com /baranof05.html (583 words)

	Sitka Alaska, Sitka AK
		Sitka, Alaska's historic Russian-American island city, is situated on the west side of Baranof Island.
		Fujiyama, dominates the horizon and tiny flowerpot islands dot the harbor.
		This settlement was destroyed two years later by Tlingit warriors, and in 1804, Baranof returned from Kodiak to re-stake a settlement in the Sitka area.
	www.bellsalaska.com /sitka.html (444 words)

	History of Sitka :: Alaska Ocean View
		aranof Island is one of three major islands in the Tongass National Forest, a temperate, coastal, rain forest blanketed with: dense, lush vegetation; Sitka spruce and hemlock forests; rugged, majestic mountains with granite, snow capped peaks, fifty-two named glaciers and abundant wilderness and wildlife where the rare Alaska brown bear and bald eagle reign.
		The brown bears on Baranof Island are known as the "ABC Island Bears" (Admiralty, Baranof and Chichigof Islands) home to the highest density of bears in the world.
		And neighboring island, St. Lazaria, a federal bird sanctuary, is a popular bird watching destination where thousands of seabirds such as tufted puffins, petrels, rhinocerous auklets and murres who spend their lives at sea come to land only to nest.
	www.sitka-alaska-lodging.com /sitka-alaska-lodging.htm (1200 words)

	Tlingit paddles
		The original paddle was donated to the AMNH in 1865 by Lt. George T. Emmons.
		Emmons acquired the paddle in Sitka Borough, Baranof island.
		Sitka is located on the west coast of Baranof Island facing the Pacific Ocean, on Sitka Sound.
	www.tuktupaddles.com /tuktu_paddles_sitka.html (414 words)

	Baranof Island, Alaska (Islands)
		Named after the head of the Russian-American Company, Alexander Baranof, Baranof Island, in Southeast Alaska, is very scenic and mountainous, laced with many bays and fjords.
		The island is bordered on the west by the Gulf of Alska, and on the east by the Chatham Straits.
		Baranof Island is home to many brown bears, mountain goats, and Sitka fltail deer.
	www.ohwy.com /usa/alaska/baranisl.htm (97 words)

	Sitka Alaska History - Quest Alaska Lodges
		As the former capital of Russian Alaska, Sitka, on Baranof Island, is where humans and wildlife have harmonized for thousands of years.
		The Kiksadi Clan of the Tlingit Indians chose what is now called Baranof Island as their home, establishing a community at what is present-day Sitka.
		On St. Lazaria Island, a federal wildlife refuge at the mouth of Sitka Sound, sea birds nest and raise their young on sheer volcanic cliffs where they are easy to spot.
	www.questalaskalodges.com /history.html (424 words)

	Baranof Lake Cabin, Tongass National Forest Cabins
		20 air miles (32 km) east of Sitka on Baranof Lake on the east side of Baranof Island.
		Sound of rushing water prevails as Baranof River enters lake in view of cabin and beautiful waterfall cascades over steep slopes across lake.
		Warm Springs Bay and the community of Baranof Warm Springs just beyond the eastern shores of the lake.
	www.fs.fed.us /r10/tongass/cabins/sitka/baranoflk.shtml (336 words)

	Lindblad Expeditions: DER Detail (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		We boarded the Sea Lion at Sitka, the former capital of Alaska on Baranof Island (named for Alexander Baranof, the Russian Governor and Commander of the Russian-American company, here to exploit Alaska’s wealth of sea otter furs.) During the night we headed up and around Baranof Island through Olga, Neva, and Peril Straits.
		The “ABC Islands” of Southeast Alaska (Admiralty, Baranof, and Chichagof) support the largest concentrations of brown bears to be found, but they can be shy.
		Hopefully, we will be able to watch for repeat sightings of this whale among the thousand or so humpback whales that swim in the waters of Alaska during the summer season.
	www.expeditions.com /dersearch/derdetail.asp?id=8092 (534 words)

	Merkel's Sportfishing Charters - Sitka, Alaska
		Baranof Island is just one of the three major islands in the Tongass National Forest.
		Sitka is a small sea side community of almost 9,000 residents located on the west coast of Baranof Island.
		A small body of water called Sitka Sound is comprised of 100’s of tiny islands that lead out to the Pacific Ocean.
	www.salmonandhalibut.com (138 words)

	Mother ship paddling - sea kayaking in Baranof Island, Alaska
		Leaving their home away from home, sea kayakers head out from Redfish Bay on Baranof Island's west coast.
		These were the only other paddlers we would encounter during the entire upcoming week, and they occupied the only campsite we had seen on this, our first day of kayaking around Baranof Island.
		A circumnavigation of Baranof Island is more than 200 nautical miles and would take several weeks by kayak.
	www.canoekayak.com /features/stories/baranofmothership/index.html (860 words)

	Zen now-time, sea kayaking, Taoist sea otters, Baranof Island, and beingness
		It was no huge expedition or perilous venture, but it was undertaken as a personal quest to extend myself beyond the tiring round of thinking, drinking, working, contemplating, writing, and sleep.
		I ended up camping on a lonely island and drinking a load of bad American beer and walking about aimlessly on shore without being able to still the chronic investigations which continued to plague me.
		There was no future, no outcome, no goal, no awaiting experience, there was only the kayak, the sea, and...me. It is impossible to describe the magnificence of this sudden disentanglement which happened to me. In a goal-directed culture, in a time and accomplishment driven world, I had just fallen through the cracks.
	www.iconoclastpress.com /bookINZennowtimeseakayakingTaoistseaottersBaranofIslandbeingness.htm (640 words)

	Hunting in the Sitka, Alaska area
		Brown bear populations are among the most dense in the state, with approximately one bear per square mile, on average, on Admiralty Island.
		The mountain goat population, transplanted early in the 20th century to Baranof Island, has fair numbers and is still slowly expanding.
		The west coast of Baranof and Chichagof islands are open to the Pacific.
	www.outdoorsdirectory.com /areas/hunting/southeast/huntsitk.htm (699 words)

	State Parks near Sitka
		Sitka, Alaska is located on Baranof Island, along the outer coast of Alaska's Inside Passage.
		Magoun Islands State Marine Park is located near Krestof Sound, approximately 12 miles northwest of Sitka.
		This park is located on the north end of Kruzof Island, approximately 25 miles northwest of Sitka.
	www.dnr.state.ak.us /parks/units/sitka.htm (724 words)

	Baranof Island: definition, usage and pronunciation - YourDictionary.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		Baranof Island: definition, usage and pronunciation - YourDictionary.com
		An island off southeast Alaska in the Alexander Archipelago.
		It was named after Aleksandr Baranov, who founded the town of Sitka on the island.
	www.yourdictionary.com /ahd/b/b0067700.html (32 words)

	Sitka Alaska Baha'i Community (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		She became a member of the Baha'i Faith in 1948, telling her relatives that "This old lady is getting into religion".
		After finishing her nursing studies in Montana she moved to her new home of Sitka on Baranof Island in 1954 and remained for the rest of her life.
		She worked as a nurse at the Native Hospital, homesteaded on Dove Island, married into and was adopted by the Tlingit nation, and continued to serve her community while sharing the precious message of her heart.
	www.akbahai.org /sitka (298 words)

	Alaska magazine \| From Ketchikan to Barrow (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		Staffers with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game this summer were warning residents of Baranof Island to keep an eye out for the roughskin newt, a small, poisonous amphibian that had been sighted in marshy areas near the local school.
		Fish and Game biologists told the Sitka Daily Sentinel that newts were not known to live on Baranof Island, but have been found on two islands in Sitka Sound and have been reported as far north as Juneau.
		The creatures are found primarily on southern Southeast islands like Kuiu, Prince of Wales and Gravina.
	www.alaskamagazine.com /stories/1105/ktob_newts.shtml (189 words)

	Relocating and Moving to Sitka, Alaska
		Sitka is settled on Baranof Island, located on the outer coast of Alaska's Inside Passage.
		Our historic and scenic community is situated on Baranof Island, nestled between forested mountains and the great Pacific Ocean, on the outer waters of Alaska's Inside Passage.
		Take to the water for a picturesque boat trip or kayaking adventure among nearby islands or charter a boat to nearby fishing grounds to fish for world-class salmon and halibut.
	www.drelocation.com /Alaska/sitka.htm (481 words)

	Baranof Realty Home Page
		Baranof Realty is an independently owned and operated brokerage.
		Cathy Shaffer, owner and Broker, acquired ownership in 1987, and moved to the present location in the historic Rose Hill Place Building in 1995.
		Baranof Realty is committed to maintaining our tradition of integrity while serving our clients, our industry, and our community.
	www.baranofrealty.com /OurCompany.htm (176 words)

	Sheldon Jackson College Website - Sitka Sound Ocean Adventure Race
		Sitka Sound is protected on the north and west by Kruzof Island to the south by a natural arch in Baranof Island forming a peninsula at Povrotni Point.
		Mount Edgecumbe, an extinct volcano on Kruzof Island looms over Sitka Sound; views of the open Pacific Ocean to the west fill the horizon as far as the eye can see.
		Racers must also pass around the north end of Siginaka Island clockwise, then head south along the east side of Siginaka Islands, the east side of Middle Island, and continue to the north entrance of Sitka Channel to the finish line where the race started.
	www.sheldonjackson.edu /content/view/142/138 (512 words)

	Alaska fishing: Sitka area
		The Sitka area includes Baranof Island, the western part of Chichagof Island, and many smaller adjacent islands.
		The islands are heavily forested, and rise to snow-capped mountains along the spine of Baranof Island.
		The road system on Baranof Island is limited to the area around Sitka.
	www.outdoorsdirectory.com /areas/fishing/southeast/sitka.htm (703 words)

	The Pirate's Treasure Box--Counting Coins (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		I am a K-2 multiage classroom teacher at Baranof Elementary School in Sitka, Alaska.
		Sitka, Alaska is located on the west coast of 100-mile-long Baranof Island in Southeast Alaska.
		A myriad of fjords and small wooded islands dot the coastline of the island.
	ali.apple.com /ali_sites/deli/exhibits/1000648 (447 words)

	Southeast Alaska wildlife natural history and ecology - SEAWEAD brown bear and marine mammal research
		SEAWEAD founded its research, monitoring and natural history efforts on the marine and terrestrial ecosystems of Northern Chichagof Island, specifically at Point Adolphus and Mud Bay.
		The purpose of the mapping was to provide ecological context for studying changes in bear behavior when interacting with humans at important feeding areas, and to further our general understanding of brown bear patterns of habitat use.
		While working on Baranof Island in 2002 and Admiralty Island in 2003 and 2004 we refined the bear sign mapping techniques and greatly advanced our use of GPS/GIS technology for spatial accuracy and productivity.
	www.seawead.org /projects.html (927 words)

	Baranov Island, Alaska
		Port Alexander is a small community on the southeast tip of Baranof Island in the Tongass National Forest and is only accessible by air or water.
		Sitka Sportfishing and Dove Island Lodge is a unique, high-end operation with their own Beaver on floats, boats at their disposal, and a beautiful lodge on its own island near Sitka.
		In all our trip to Baranof Island was action-packed, memorable, and thoroughly enjoyable.
	www.fishalaskamagazine.com /archives/2003/1103_baranov.htm (3572 words)

	Inside Passage Alaska Whale Watching Adventures
		Bears and Eagles are abundant on Admiralty Island.
		Perhaps a leisurely morning exploring the coastline from our kayaks before we head south again to Baranof Hot Springs – a delightful natural series of warm pools to be savored and enjoyed.
		We leave Chatham Straight after Baranof and enter Frederick Sound on our way to Petersburg where we will begin to encounter large icebergs from the LeConte Glacier, the southernmost tidewater Glacier in North America.
	www.sikumi.com /whale-seak-adventure.html (631 words)

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