2010-7-17 Sitka, Alaska

 

We arrived in Sitka at 8 am and left at 5 pm.

Bill is at the beginning of the Sitka National Historical Park. We saw the gorgeous scenery and a plethora of totem poles throughout the park. 

"The park's visitor center and trails contain several different types of poles:

• House posts, which were carved as support poles of Tlingit and Haida houses;
• Frontal poles, which were placed against or near the front of a house; and
• Detached poles, which were place anywhere in or near villages.

They generally convey the ancestry (crest poles) or history (history poles) of a particular clan, folklore or real-life experiences (legend poles), or commemorate a person of importance (memorial/mortuary poles)."

We also went to see the Russian Orthodox church.