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Watch House
St. George Island

Return to Seal Islands Historic District National Historic Landmark

1913. The original sod watchhouse at the village of Zapadni was refurbished with new wood supports and a shingle roof. The watch was manned to defend against sealing marauders from June until November (Evermann 1914, 153).

1935. A watch house was built at Staraya Artil (Bower 1936, 49).

 
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NOAA created this product in partial fulfillment of a memorandum of agreement between it and the Alaska State Historic Preservation Officer.
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Last update June 29, 2008