Description

Description: Built in 1965, this 16' x 16' A-frame cabin sleeps 7 people with 2 single bunks (1 with trundle) and a second floor loft. The cabin also has a table and benches, fire grill, mooring float, oil space heater (#1 oil ONLY), broom, and an outhouse. The partially covered front porch has a wooden cooler box for food storage. The cabin has no phone access, and no mattresses or cooking utensils. Cabin users should bring sleeping bags, pads, cookstove, cooking gear, food, and #1 stove oil. Proximity: The cabin overlooks Berg Bay and Blake Channel. The immediate area in front of the cabin is a gentle slope leading to the bay. The surrounding rainforest is primarily Sitka spruce and western hemlock with scattered cedar and muskeg. The nearby Aaron Creek tide flats have extensive grass sedges and wildflowers. Slopes in the immediate area of the cabin are gentle but become steep in the surrounding area. Wildlife: Brown and black bear, moose, mountain goat on surrounding ridges, and waterfowl. Fish: Pink salmon (mid July-mid August), silver and chum salmon (Aug and Sept.), steelhead (Apr. and May) in nearby Aaron and Oerns Creek; crabbing opportunities in Berg Bay and in front of Aaron Creek tidal flats.

Getting There:

Berg Bay Cabin (AK)
P.O. BX 51
Wrangell AK 99929-0051

This cabin is located on the mainland along the north shore of Berg Bay, east of Blake Channel and near the mouth of Aaron Creek. The cabin is accessible by boat (22 miles) or by floatplane (15 miles) from Wrangell. There is a 25 foot mooring float anchored in the bay for use by cabin permittees only.