What is it about Saint Lazaria Island, also known as Kanasx'ée in the Native Tlingit language, that makes it so remarkable from the rest of Sitka Sound?   Saint Lazaria Island is made up of two islands that become one at low tide, and were formed during the Quarternary Period when molten basalt rock from nearby Mount Edgecumbe volcano flowed under the sea floor and vented to the surface.  The islands are now a designated Wildlife Refuge; not only do many species of ocean-going birds (such as tufted puffins and rhinocerous auklets) use the island for nesting and feeding, the submarine walls and caverns of the islands host a plethora of invertebrate life including giant predatory sea stars, giant fish-eating anemones, and giant nudibranchs.  The undersea world of Saint Lazaria Island is parallel in its beauty to the tropical reefs of the Caribbean.