Friday, July 11, 2014

Sitka


11 July 2014

Another rainy day so you put on your raincoat and off you go.  We started by going to the St  Michaels Orthadox Cathedral very different way of worship.  It is Christian and they have many icons for this religion.

Went to a coffee shop and had a bagel and coffee.  What else to do on a rainy day.

Drove around and saw the Russian Blockhouse, in the 18th century the Russians had a battle with the Tlingit natives.  The Russians had built a fortress and what is left is the Blockhouse. 

The Tlingit still are here today they are beautiful craftsman, you see a lot of their work around town.

We put on the rain coats and went to the Totem Pole park the walk thru was very refreshing in the rain, many different Totems, inside the visitors center was a film and some very old (400yrs) Totems. Great to see these

I went to see the Bishops house it was built in the 18th century and was taken over by the Forestry Service  in 1972 and it was restored to its original state with many of the original artifacts.

 

Again no pictures too slow for that

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