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The third-largest island in the US has 1,500 miles of roads, Alaska's biggest cave system, world-class wild steelhead, and a population of 3,000 people — and almost nobody outside Alaska knows it exists.

Sitka in 2026: Russian Orthodox history, Tlingit totem poles, sea otters in the harbor, humpback whales, sea kayaking, and brown bear rescue — all a 90-minute flight from Anchorage.