Angoon Sites

"The Big Shaheen Cabin is the only log cabin built by Civilian Conservation Corps workers as part of the Admiralty Island Canoe Route. Situated on the east shore of Hasselborg Lake, the cabin was intended to serve as a lodge. Originally, it was the only enclosed building along the canoe route. Built for recreation, it is still used for that purpose and has not been substantially altered since its construction in 1935." "The Big Shaheen Cabin is the only cabin that was part of the Admiralty Island Civilian Conservation Corps Canoe Route. It was constructed with horizontal logs about ten inches...

A 1992 survey of the National Register of Historic Places describes the condition of the site: “The Hasselborg Lake East Shelter Cabin, now in ruins, was a three-sided shelter built by the Civilian Conservation Corps as part of the Admiralty Island Canoe Route. At one time it was an example of the three-sided Adirondack style shelter cabin built for public recreation in the 1930s, but now it has collapsed and been cannibalized for firewood. The site continues to be used as a recreational camp site.” “Built in the Adirondack style, the three-sided Hasselborg Lake East Shelter Cabin had a peeled log...