- City:
- Marengo, WI
- Site Type:
- Parks and Recreation, Campgrounds and Cabins
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
- Quality of Information:
- Minimal
- Marked:
- No
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
The CCC built a campground near Morgan Falls in the Chequamegon National Forest of northern Wisconsin. The campground flooded in 1946 and closed in 1960 due to over-saturation and unsafe camping conditions. Today, hikers and snowshoers can see fieldstone fireplaces, a well, and a round cistern along the trail that connects Morgan Falls to St. Peter’s Dome, a granite outcrop offering views of Lake Superior.
Source notes
Forest Service CCC Heritage Tour - Great Divide Ranger District: https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprdb5425991.pdf Morgan Falls and St. Peter's Dome trail map and description, Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest, USDA Forest Service Note: Neither source makes clear if this site served as a camp for the local CCC company or if its original purpose was a campground for visitors and hikers. Either way, the camp was operated by the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest until 1960.Site originally submitted by Natalie Heneghan on December 7, 2015.
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Kim Potaracke
US Govt received the land from Ashland County in 1935. Campground then designed by USDA FS in 1935 & constructed by the FS in cooperation with the Civilian Conservation Corps in 1936 (Camp Moose River). Campground was developed as a primitive campground with the intention it would serve more for day use (i.e. picnicing) than camping. Campground “washed out” in 1946 and closed c.1960.