Three Saints Bay, Alaska
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| Three Saints Bay Site | |
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| U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
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| Nearest city: | Old Harbor, Alaska |
| Coordinates: | Coordinates: |
| Built/Founded: | 1784 |
| Architect: | Unknown |
| Architectural style(s): | No Style Listed |
| Designated as NHL: | June 02, 1978[1] |
| Added to NRHP: | February 23, 1972[2] |
| NRHP Reference#: | 72001541 |
| Governing body: | FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE |
Three Saints Bay is a small inlet on the southeast side of Kodiak Island in southern Alaska. It is 97 km (60 miles) southwest of Kodiak at .
Three Saints Bay Site, also known as AHRS SITE KOD 124, is an archaeological site which presumably is on the inlet.
The bay was the site of the first Russian settlement in Alaska in 1784 by Grigory Shelikhov. The bay and settlement were named after one of his ships.
The settlement of Three Saints Bay was moved to the site of present-day Kodiak, Alaska in 1792 when an earthquake and tidal wave destroyed it.
The archaeological site was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1978.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Three Saints Bay Site. National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Retrieved on 2008-01-04.
- ^ National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2007-01-23).
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