There are also five year-round salmon hatcheries, one located just north of Port Alexander at Port Armstrong, another located just north of Baranof Warm Springs at Hidden Falls, two are located in the city of Sitka one at the Sitka Sound Science Center, and another in the Sawmill Cove Business Park; the other just south of Sitka near Medvejie Lake.
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A large part has been officially designated as the South Baranof Wilderness.
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The Yiddish Policemen's Union is a 2007 alternate-history novel by Michael Chabon about a Jewish Yiddish-speaking territory in Sitka, including most of Baranov Island.
During May 2007, Dapcevish spoke about the housing construction boom on Baranof Island which is along Sitka's passage.
Similarly, certain schists on Baranof Island are believed to have been contiguous with the Leech River Schists on Vancouver Island around 50 Ma, and subsequently transported northward with other elements of the Chugach-Prince William terrane.
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