"Where in North America?" -- Section II

[CalOldBlue]

approximately
36 degrees 6 minutes 11 seconds North
114 degrees 55 minutes 54 seconds West

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[Mark Sedenquist]

I'd actually place it at:

36 degrees 6 minutes 11 seconds North
114 degrees 55 minutes 58 seconds West

But for the rest of us -- taken at Lake Las Vegas, NV

[CalOldBlue]

Name of town and state?


(let me know if you'd like a larger image...)

[Mark Sedenquist]

Gonna have to go look -- but first guess -- Ft. Bragg, in California -- Well, maybe not Greek Orthodox (no dome) but sure is a pretty shot! Maybe it's in Alaska -- Russian Orthodox influences?

[CalOldBlue]

Wrong state.

[Mark Sedenquist]

Baker Cottage, in Ouzinkie, Alaska? (Kodiak Island)

[CalOldBlue]

Right state, and it is on an island, but not Kodiak, and it's not a cottage.

Somehow I missed a reply; yes, Russian Orthodox.

[Mark Sedenquist]

I really thought it was the one at Ouzinkie, Alaska. But now I see that the roof line is not correct and the absence of close-in spruce trees has me still looking...

Yeah, this is a real needle-in-the-haystack kind of thing. I am tapped out of time -- hopefully one of our Alaskan members has seen this.

Mark

[CalOldBlue]

Here's some hints:

This island draws tourists for three reasons:

Birding
Marine mammals
Native culture

I took my kids there a few years back so they could visit the town their great-grandmother was born in... same name as the island.

Proceeds from this island into the US Treasury paid off the purchase of Alaska in a little over 20 years, and none of it was from gold. The U.S. paid $7.2M to Russia for all of Alaska, yet:

"Others would comment more specifically, “This island ...., though comparatively small, is one of the most, if not the most, important of all late possessions of Russia America…I cannot but regard this point of more intrinsic value for a steady revenue than any other in the whole territory.”11 This industry alone quickly repaid the U.S. Government the purchase price of Alaska. The net revenue to the government was $6,020,152 from 1870 to 1889 and $3,453,844 from 1890 to 1909 (Osgood et al. 1915, 25).

Last clue: NOT part of the Aleutian chain.

[Mark Sedenquist]

I really don't have time to be doing this.... but...

Puffin Island -- Oil -- I see the church in the attached photo -- but I am still....?

The Pribilof Islands of Alaska are a small cluster of volcanic islands located about 250 miles north of the Aleutian Chain and 300 miles west of the Alaska mainland. They are often described as the “Galapagos of the North.” That would seem to fit the bill described above...

St. George Island has a town called St. George-- but the photo of the Russian Orthodox Church doesn't really look like the one you shot... so, I think I/m close, but not positive yet!

Final Answer: Holy Martyrs Saints Peter and Paul Orthodox Church in St. Paul.... (based on the fact that it doesn't seem to have the onion-shaped structure -- it was repeatedly blown off in winter wind storms according to some text I read). Still haven't seen a photo to match yours, but I am convinced it is St. Paul on St. Paul Island because of the telecommunication/radar dishes seen here.

Good clues though!

Mark