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St. Michael Redoubt Site
I. G. Voznesenskii · Public domain · source

St. Michael Redoubt Site

Михайловский редут (Сент-Майкл)
USAСент-Майкл1833Monuments
The site of a fortified trading and supply post founded by the Russian-American Company in 1833 on the orders of Ferdinand Wrangel on the southern shore of Norton Sound, near the mouth of the Yukon. The redoubt served as a base for exploring the Alaskan interior. Its archaeological remains lie within today's city of St. Michael and were listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1977; coordinates refer to the city.
Место укреплённого торгового и снабженческого поста, основанного Российско-американской компанией в 1833 году по распоряжению Ф. П. Врангеля на южном берегу залива Нортон, близ устья Юкона. Редут служил опорным пунктом для исследования внутренних районов Аляски. Археологические остатки находятся в черте нынешнего города Сент-Майкл и в 1977 году внесены в Национальный реестр исторических мест США; координаты указаны по городу.

Property abroad

EraRussian Empire
FunctionCommercial office
Present ownerUnited States (National Register archaeological site)
Acquisitionbuilt, 1833
StatusSold, transferred or lost
As of2011-10
It passed under US jurisdiction with the transfer of Alaska in 1867; the site was listed on the US National Register of Historic Places in 1977. According to a University of Alaska report of 28 October 2011, the redoubt's blockhouse, on loan to the Anchorage Museum since the 1980s, is returning to the collection of the Museum of the North in Fairbanks.

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