Three Saints Bay Site

Location of Three Saints Bay and St. Paul on Kodiak in 1805 Three Saints Bay (, r Bukhta Tryokh Svyatitelyej) is a -long inlet on the southeast side of Kodiak Island, Alaska, north of Sitkalidak Strait. It is southwest of Kodiak. The Three Saints Bay Site is an archaeological site, the location of the first Russian settlement in Alaska, Three Saints Harbor (, Gavan’ Tryokh Svyatitelyej). The settlement was founded in 1784 by Grigory Shelikhov. The main settlement was moved in 1792 to Pavlovskaya Gavan (Павловская гавань – Paul's Harbor), now known as the city of Kodiak. The Three Saints Bay Site was declared a National Historic Landmark by the United States in 1978.