Sitka, especially on a sunny day, is both beautiful and charming.  It is also a serious fishing port, with seiners, trollers, longliners, gillnetters, and tenders constantly moving in and out of the four major harbors, refueling, and navigating through the maze of islands to and from the grounds.  Even a gray day is interesting; there never seems a moment when at least one boat is not in immediate view.  

Here are some random Sitka images.

This is Pearl, a shy octopus in the hatchery's Science Center.  She is a Giant Pacific Octopus, but is only about four inches across when she tucks in her legs.

Idealized prospector-pioneer outside the original Pioneer Home

St. Michael's Cathedral, an Orthodox church in late afternoon

Stitched panorama from the bridge 

The Myrna D, being beautifully restored

Sitka is awash in flowers.

Killer whale skelton at the hatchery's Science Center

Sitka tank farm shadows