New Russia Site
Archaeological site in 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".
Text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The record
| Property type | Site |
| Address | SW of Yakutat on Phipps Peninsula, Yakutat vicinity, AK |
| Borough or census area | Skagway-Yakutat-Angoon |
| Listed | Feb 23, 1972 |
| Listed for | Exploration and settlement |
| Level of significance | National |
| Reference number | 72001593 |
| Built | 1795 · more from the 1790s |
| Type of place | trading post, penal colony, archaeological site |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark |
| Contributing resources | 1 site |
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 | 59.5431° N, 139.8079° W · Directions ↗ |
| Nearest national park unit | Glacier Bay National Park & Preserve · 117 miles · on Park Atlas |
| Federal campgrounds nearby | Raven Cabin 10 miles · Eagle Cabin 10 miles · Situk Lake Cabin 16 miles |
Explore
Map
Nearby in Skagway-Yakutat-Angoon
Public land around it
| Tongass National Forest ↗National Forest, U.S. Forest Service | Inside the boundary17,701,808 acres |
Wilderness Atlas publishes a centroid and an acreage for each unit, not a boundary line. Distance here is measured to a circle of the same area drawn around that centroid, so treat it as roughly right rather than surveyed.
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Reference
Questions people ask
When was New Russia Site listed on the National Register?
Feb 23, 1972. It is also a National Historic Landmark, the higher of the two designations.
Source: National Park Service
When was New Russia Site built?
1795.
Source: Wikidata
Where is New Russia Site?
SW of Yakutat on Phipps Peninsula, Yakutat vicinity, Skagway-Yakutat-Angoon, Alaska. The nearest national park unit is Glacier Bay National Park & Preserve, 117 miles away.
Where is the nomination form for New Russia Site?
The National Archives holds the nomination form, the document that made the case for listing.
Source: National Archives
Are there campgrounds near New Russia Site?
Three federal campgrounds are within reach. The closest is Raven Cabin, 10 miles away. Eagle Cabin is 10 miles away, and Situk Lake Cabin is 16 miles away.
Source: Campsite Atlas
Sources
Location, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Listing dates come from the National Register office's spreadsheet where it carries the listing. 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 nomination form and photographs ↗ at NPGallery are the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service, and the form is often the best description of the place. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.