- City:
- Nanwalek, Port Graham, AK
- Site Type:
- Paths and Trails, Parks and Recreation, Infrastructure and Utilities, Sidewalks and Stairs
- New Deal Agencies:
- Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), Work Relief Programs
- Started:
- 1933
- Completed:
- 1939
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
Developed by the CCC, this “trail connected Port Graham and Nanwalek residents to seasonal fishing camps and a cannery, providing an alternative to coastal water travel when the ocean was too rough.” It now serves primarily as an ATV trail.
Source notes
Mead & Hunt, and Cultural Resource Consultants, LLC, Alaska Roads Historic Overview: Applied Historic Context of Alaska’s Roads, Prepared for Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities, 2014, p. 67.Site originally submitted by Brent McKee on May 26, 2017.
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