- City:
- Kasaan, AK
- Site Type:
- Parks and Recreation, Paths and Trails
- New Deal Agencies:
- Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), Work Relief Programs
- Completed:
- 1938
- Quality of Information:
- Very Good
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
Between 1933 and 1939, crews of Civilian Conservation Corps workers built a trail from the Old Kasaan to the park. A registration form of the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) describes the trail: “A trail, cut by the CCC, starts at the west end of the original Kasaan town site, goes through woods and, in several places, emerges close to the shore. After crossing awooden bridge over Son-I-Hat Creek, the trail passes the nine free-standing totems and the Whale House. It continues to the southern cemetery and turns north to access the northern cemetery.”
Source notes
National Register of Historic Places Registration Form for the Chief Son-I-Hat's Whale House and Totems Historic District, accessed on August 2, 2017. Wikipedia Page for the Chief Son-I-Hat's Whale House and Totems Historic District, accessed on June 20, 2017. National Park Service Page for the Chief Son-I-Hat's Whale House and Totems Historic District, accessed on June 20, 2017.Site originally submitted by Brent McKee on June 21, 2017.
At this Location:
- Chief Son-I-Hat's Whale House and Totems Historic District - Kasaan AK
- Chief Son-I-Hat’s Whale House and Totems Historic District, Whale House - Kasaan AK
- Chief Son-I-Hat's Whale House and Totems Historic District, Son-I-Hat Frontal Pole - Kasaan AK
- Chief Son-I-Hat's Whale House and Totems Historic District, Sitting Bear Grave Marker - Kasaan AK
- Chief Son-I-Hat's Whale House and Totems Historic District, Killer Whale Grave Figure - Kasaan AK
- Chief Son-I-Hat's Whale House and Totems Historic District, Spencer Pole - Kasaan AK
- Chief Son-I-Hat's Whale House and Totems Historic District, Frog/Two Eagle Memorial Pole - Kasaan AK
- Chief Son-I-Hat's Whale House and Totems Historic District, Back Potlatch Ring Pole - Kasaan AK
- Chief Son-I-Hat's Whale House and Totems Historic District, Ha’u Pole - Kasaan AK
- Chief Son-I-Hat's Whale House and Totems Historic District, Bear Memorial Pole - Kasaan AK
- Chief Son-I-Hat's Whale House and Totems Historic District, Skawaal Pole - Kasaan AK
View all sites at Chief Son-I-Hat's Whale House and Totems Historic District - AK (12 Sites)
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