Golf in Sitka city and

Sitka is Alaska's historical capital and one of the state's culturally richest communities, established as Novo Arkhangelsk in the early nineteenth century as the administrative center of Russian America and retaining its Russian Orthodox heritage in the Cathedral of Saint Michael that dominates the downtown. The city occupies Baranof Island in the Alexander Archipelago, where the temperate rainforest climate and the island setting create one of Alaska's most visually striking communities. Sea Mountain Golf Course serves a city that has transitioned from its colonial and fishing heritage into a community where cultural tourism, the commercial fishing fleet, and the quality of life amenities—including golf—sustain a permanent population of about nine thousand.