New Russia Site
Archaeological site in Alaska, United States in Yakutat, Alaska. Built 1795. Added to the National Register in 1972, and a National Historic Landmark.
What it is
New Russia was a trading-post for furs and a penal colony established by Russians in 1796 in present-day Yakutat Borough, Alaska, United States. It was presumably named after the Joseph Billings ship Slava Rossii, or "Glory of Russia".
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The record
| Property type | Site |
| Address | SW of Yakutat on Phipps Peninsula, Yakutat vicinity, AK |
| County | Skagway-Yakutat-Angoon County |
| Listed | Feb 23, 1972 |
| Reference number | 72001593 |
| Built | 1795 |
| Type of place | trading post, penal colony, archaeological site |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark |
| Contributing resources | 1 sites |
The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗
Visiting
| Address | SW of Yakutat on Phipps Peninsula, Yakutat, AK |
| Coordinates | 59.54313, -139.80793 · Directions ↗ |
| Nearest national park unit | Glacier Bay National Park & Preserve · 117 mi · on Park Atlas |
| Federal campgrounds nearby | Raven Cabin 10 mi · Eagle Cabin 10 mi · Situk Lake Cabin 16 mi |
Explore
Map
Nearby in Skagway-Yakutat-Angoon County
Reference
Sources
Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 72001593. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.