Windfall Harbor Shelter Cabin

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Windfall Harbor Shelter Cabin
Alaska Heritage Resources Survey
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LocationSouthwestern shore of Windfall Harbor, Admiralty Island National Monument
Nearest city Angoon, Alaska
Coordinates 57°50′07″N134°18′29″W / 57.83529°N 134.30812°W / 57.83529; -134.30812 Coordinates: 57°50′07″N134°18′29″W / 57.83529°N 134.30812°W / 57.83529; -134.30812
Arealess than one acre
Built1936 (1936)
Built by Civilian Conservation Corps
MPS CCC Historic Properties in Alaska MPS
NRHP reference No. 95001299 [1]
AHRS No.SIT-371
Added to NRHPNovember 2, 1995

The Windfall Harbor Shelter Cabin is a historic backcountry shelter in the Admiralty Island National Monument, part of the Tongass National Forest in Southeast Alaska. It was one of a number of such facilities built by Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) on the Admiralty Island Canoe Route between 1933 and 1937. This cabin, a three-sided Adirondack-style log structure with shake walls and roof, is located near the southern end of Windfall Harbor, an inlet on the east side of Admiralty Island. The shelter underwent repairs in 1986. [2] The Forest Service is in 2014 in the planning phases of a project to relocate the cabin a short distance to move it away from a major bear travel path. [3]

The cabin was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "NRHP nomination for Windfall Harbor Shelter Cabin". National Park Service. Retrieved 2014-09-24.
  3. "State of Alaska Response to Environmental Assessment Statement for the Windfall Harbor Shelter Relocation and Rehabilitation Project" (PDF). Alaska DNR. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 27, 2017. Retrieved June 7, 2017.