Mohawk Trail State Forest – Charlemont MA

City:
Charlemont, MA

Site Type:
Civic Facilities, Parks and Recreation, Infrastructure and Utilities, Auxiliary Civic Facilities, Paths and Trails, Campgrounds and Cabins, Shelters, Dams

New Deal Agencies:
Work Relief Programs, Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

Started:
1933

Completed:
1938

Quality of Information:
Moderate

Marked:
Yes

Site Survival:
Extant

Description

From the Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs: “The administration building and four log cabins built by the CCC at Mohawk Trail were featured in Albert Good’s 1938 book, Park and Recreation Structures, as outstanding examples of CCC rustic design and are still used today.”

Source notes

“CCC Work in Massachusetts Forests and Parks,” Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs, accessed August 13, 2014.

Site originally submitted by Brent McKee - wpatoday.org on September 28, 2014.

Location Info


Mohawk Trail State Forest
Charlemont, Massachusetts 01339
Franklin County

Coordinates: 42.620079, -72.955616

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