Petersburg, Alaska

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Petersburg, Alaska is a small fishing town in Southeast Alaska known for its strong Norwegian heritage and thriving commercial fishing industry.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf borough seat ⓘ
census-designated place ⓘ
town ⓘ
accessibleBy airplane ⓘ
boat ⓘ
climate maritime climate ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
demographicCharacteristic small population ⓘ
economicImportance significant fishing port in Southeast Alaska ⓘ
foundedBy Norwegian immigrants ⓘ
Peter Buschmann ⓘ
hasBoroughStatusSince 2013 ⓘ
hasCulturalEvent Little Norway Festival ⓘ
linked to: Little Norway

Norwegian Constitution Day celebrations ⓘ
hasCulturalFeature Norwegian flags and symbols in town ⓘ
Norwegian-style architecture ⓘ
hasEconomicSector logging (historically) ⓘ
sport fishing tourism ⓘ
hasEthnicCommunity Norwegian Americans ⓘ
hasFeature working fishing harbor ⓘ
hasIndustry commercial fishing ⓘ
seafood processing ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
hasPort Petersburg harbor ⓘ
hasRecreation boating ⓘ
hiking ⓘ
wildlife viewing ⓘ
heritage Norwegian ⓘ
linked to: Norwegian language
isBoroughSeatOf Petersburg Borough, Alaska ⓘ
linked to: Petersburg, Alaska
knownFor commercial fishing industry ⓘ
fishing fleet ⓘ
strong Norwegian heritage ⓘ
languageMajority English ⓘ
liesIn Alexander Archipelago ⓘ
locatedIn Petersburg Borough, Alaska ⓘ
linked to: Petersburg, Alaska

Southeast Alaska ⓘ
linked to: Southeastern Alaska
locatedOn Mitkof Island ⓘ
namedAfter Peter Buschmann ⓘ
nickname Little Norway ⓘ
populationRange between 2,000 and 4,000 inhabitants ⓘ
primaryEconomicActivity seafood processing plants ⓘ
region Alaska Panhandle ⓘ
linked to: Panhandle of Alaska
servedBy Alaska Marine Highway System ⓘ
Petersburg Airport ⓘ
state Alaska ⓘ
timeZone Alaska Time Zone ⓘ

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M/V Columbia → portOfCall → Petersburg, Alaska ⓘ
MV Matanuska → connects → Petersburg, Alaska ⓘ
Alaska Superior Courts → hasLocation → Petersburg, Alaska ⓘ
Bellingham–Alaska route → serves → Petersburg, Alaska ⓘ
Bellingham–Alaska route → portOfCall → Petersburg, Alaska ⓘ
Kupreanof Island → hasNearbyCity → Petersburg, Alaska ⓘ
LeConte Glacier → near → Petersburg, Alaska ⓘ
LeConte Glacier → accessibleFrom → Petersburg, Alaska ⓘ
LeConte Glacier → hasNearbyCommunity → Petersburg, Alaska ⓘ
Petersburg, Alaska → locatedIn → Petersburg Borough, Alaska ⓘ
linked to: Petersburg, Alaska
Petersburg, Alaska → isBoroughSeatOf → Petersburg Borough, Alaska ⓘ
linked to: Petersburg, Alaska
Mitkof Island → hasCity → Petersburg, Alaska ⓘ
Mitkof Island → largestSettlement → Petersburg, Alaska ⓘ
Mitkof Island → hasCommunity → Petersburg, Alaska ⓘ
Mitkof Island → administrativeDivision → Petersburg Borough, Alaska ⓘ
linked to: Petersburg, Alaska
Stikine-LeConte Wilderness → near → Petersburg, Alaska ⓘ
Frederick Sound → hasPort → Petersburg, Alaska ⓘ
Frederick Sound → nearbySettlement → Petersburg, Alaska ⓘ
Sumner Strait → hasNearbySettlement → Petersburg, Alaska ⓘ
Hoonah–Angoon Census Area → containsCommunity → Petersburg–Hoonah area (historical) ⓘ
linked to: Petersburg, Alaska
Little Norway → refersTo → Petersburg, Alaska ⓘ
Little Norway → alsoKnownAs → Petersburg, Alaska ⓘ
Petersburg Borough → contains → Petersburg, Alaska ⓘ
Petersburg Borough → hasAdministrativeCenter → Petersburg, Alaska ⓘ
Petersburg Borough → hasCommunity → Petersburg, Alaska ⓘ