Swan Lake
Swan Lake, is a small lake located in the center of the town of Sitka, Alaska. It is a man-made lake, created during the Russian occupation of Alaska as an income source during the winter.- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in Sitka, Alaska, United States
- Also known as: “Ozero Lebyazhye”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Saint Michael’s Russian Orthodox Church and Sheet’ká Ḵwáan Naa Kahídi.
Saint Michael’s Russian Orthodox Church
Church
Photo: Barek, Public domain.
St. Michael's Cathedral is a cathedral of the Orthodox Church in America Diocese of Alaska, at Lincoln and Maksoutoff Streets in Sitka, Alaska. The earliest Orthodox cathedral in the New World, it was built in the nineteenth century, when Alaska was under the control of Russia, though this structure burned down in 1966.
Sheet’ká Ḵwáan Naa Kahídi
Community center
The Sheet'ká Ḵwáan Naa Kahídi is a performance venue and meeting space modelled after a Tlingit clan house in Sitka, Alaska. Its capacity is 300 people.
Russian Mission Orphanage
Museum
Photo: Lordkinbote, CC BY-SA 2.5.
The Russian Bishop's House, once the Russian Mission Orphanage, is a historic house museum and National Historic Landmark at Lincoln and Monastery Streets in Sitka, Alaska.
Swan Lake
- Category: body of water
- Location: Sitka, Southeastern Alaska, Alaska, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
57.05718° or 57° 3′ 26″ northLongitude
-135.33855° or 135° 20′ 19″ westElevation
56 feet (17 metres)Open location code
94963M46+VHOpenStreetMap ID
way 169816373OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=lakeGeoNames ID
5557762Wikidata ID
Q7348463
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Satellite Map
Discover Swan Lake from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From French to Japanese—“Swan Lake” goes by many names.
- French: “Swan Lake”
- Japanese: “スワン湖 (アラスカ州)”
- Japanese: “スワン湖”
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Localities in the Area
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Highlights include First Baptist Church and Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses.
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