Chatham is a neighborhood of

Sitka, Alaska Sitka (; ) is a municipal home rule, unified Consolidated city-county, city-borough in the southeast portion of the U.S. state of Alaska. It was under Russian America, Russian rule from 1799 to 1867. The city is situated on the west side of Ba ...

. Even though it is within the cities boundaries, Chatham is not actually located within the town itself. It was named for the

Chatham Strait Chatham Strait, or Shee ya xhaak in the Tlingit language, is a narrow passage of the Alexander Archipelago in the southeastern region of the U.S. state of Alaska. It separates Chichagof Island and Baranof Island to its west from Admiralty Islan ...

. Established in 1905, it was originally a cannery village.

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Neighborhoods in Alaska Sitka, Alaska {{SitkaAK-geo-stub