EAGLE LAKE CABIN


Description

Camping Reservations
Description: Built in 1968, this 12' X 14' hunter-style wood cabin has a sleeping capacity of 6 people with 2 single bunks and 2 double bunks. The cabin also has a table with benches, a woodstove, woodstove (wood provided), bear-proof storage locker for food, a splitting maul, skiff with oars, broom, and an outhouse. The cabin has no mattresses or cooking utensils. Cabin users should bring personal flotation devices for skiff use, and secure skiff before the cabin. Wood shutters have been installed on all cabin windows to discourage bear problems. Please close the shutters when your stay at the cabin is over. Cabin users should bring sleeping bags, pads, cookstove, cooking gear, and food. The cabin has no phone access. Proximity:The surrounding rainforest is primarily Sitka spruce and western hemlock with scattered cedar. The immediate area in front of the cabin is a gravel outwash. The backdrop to this cabin and adjacent lake are steep hills. There is a stream near the cabin. Wildlife: Brown and black bears are in the area. Fish:Cutthroat trout are in the lake.


Getting There:

Eagle Lake Cabin (AK)

Tongass/Wrangell AK

Located southeast of Wrangell on the east shore of Eagle Lake. The lake is on the mainland south of Bradfield Canel (elevation 300') about 44 miles by air from Wrangell. This cabin is accessible by floatplane only. The lake is normally ice free May to Oct. Please check local conditions before you go.

 

 
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