Address Restricted, Old Harbor, Alaska. County/parish: Kodiak Island.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places February 23, 1972. NRIS 72001541.
1 contributing site.Also known as:
Three Saints Bay (Russian: Бухта Трёх Святителей, 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 60 mi (97 km) southwest of Kodiak. The Three Saints Bay Site is an archaeological site, the location of the first Russian settlement in Alaska, Three Saints Harbor (Гавань Трёх Святителей, Gavan’ Tryokh Svyatitelyej). The settlement was founded in 1784 by Grigory Shelikhov.: 163 The main settlement was moved in 1792 to Pavlovskaya Gavan (Павловская гавань – Paul's Harbor), now known as the city of Kodiak.: 7 The Three Saints Bay Site was declared a National Historic Landmark by the United States in 1978.
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