- City:
- Admiralty Island, Juneau, Tongass National Forest, AK
- Site Type:
- CCC Camps, Parks and Recreation, Forestry and Agriculture, Campgrounds and Cabins
- New Deal Agencies:
- Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), Work Relief Programs
- Started:
- 1933
- Completed:
- 1937
- Quality of Information:
- Very Good
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) workers built a shelter at Admiralty Cove as part of the Admiralty Island Canoe Route, created from 1933 to 1937. This route included shelters, portages, dams, cabins, boathouses, and skiffs and was part of a program to enhance recreational opportunities in Alaska.
The CCC structure serves as a boat shelter today and is located on the site of the Admiralty Cove Cabin.
Source notes
Admiralty Cove Cabin, https://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/tongass/recreation/camping-cabins/recarea/?recid=78624&actid=101
National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Documentation Form for Admiralty Island Civilian Conservation Corps Canoe Route, 1933 - 1937, https://dnr.alaska.gov/parks/oha/publications/ccccanoeroute.pdf
Site originally submitted by Brent McKee on May 26, 2017.
At this Location:
- Big Shaheen Cabin - Admiralty Island AK
- Hasselborg Creek Cabin - Admiralty Island AK
- Hasselborg Lake Shelter Cabin, East - Admiralty Island AK
- Davidson Lake Shelter Cabin - Admiralty Island AK
- Distin Lake Cabin - Admiralty Island AK
- Lake Alexander Shelter Cabin - Admiralty Island AK
- Lake Guerin East Shelter Cabin - Admiralty Island AK
- Lake Guerin West Shelter Cabin - Admiralty Island AK
- Mitchell Bay Shelter Cabin - Admiralty Island AK
- Mole Harbor Shelter Cabin - Admiralty Island AK
- Thayer Lake East Shelter Cabin - Admiralty Island AK
- Thayer Lake North Shelter Cabin - Admiralty Island AK
- Thayer Lake South Shelter Cabin - Admiralty Island AK
- Windfall Harbor Shelter Cabin - Admiralty Island AK
- Admiralty Island Canoe Route - Admiralty Island AK
View all sites at Admiralty Island Canoe Route - AK (16 Sites)
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Even though it was always marked as “cabin” at the trailhead on Thayer Lake to Distin trail, it was in fact a “boat shelter”.
Using common log cabin design, it was about 6’X11′ long and 5′ high.
The roof was made of several logs laid side by side,
Each one was notched to shed rain such as in clay-tile roof design. This boat shelter housed 1 square bow Jon boat.