KARTA LAKE CABIN

Description

Cabin is a 12' X 12' precut cedar log cabin equipped with wooden bunks (sleeping space for 4-6 people), table, benches, oil stove for heat (you must provide your own #1 diesel fuel or kerosene), and an outside toilet. Please remember to take your fuel container with you when you leave. It does not have mattresses or cooking utensils. Cabin users should bring their own stove fuel, sleeping bags, pads, cook stoves, matches, cooking gear, food, lantern, toilet paper, and garbage bags. A boat with oars is provided (boat uses a long shaft motor - not provided).
Cabin is located on the eastern end of Karta Lake in the Karta River Wilderness area. The area burned in 1910 and is forested with second growth spruce, hemlock and cedar. The Karta River Trail provides access to the surrounding lakes and streams. This area is popular for fishing, hiking and wildlife watching. Contact the Alaska Department of Fish and Game for fishing regulations as catch and release orders may be in effect.

Getting There:

Karta Lake Cabin (AK)

Ketchikan/Thorne Bay AK

Approximately 40 air mi. from Ketchikan and 15 air miles from Thorne Bay. The cabin is accessible by floatplane or may be reached by walking a 1.5 mile trail from Karta Bay. Accessible from Hollis approx. 10 miles by boat to Karta Bay and then 1.5 miles by trail. Refer to: USGS Craig C-2. This cabin is in a designated Wilderness area, and access by helicopter is illegal.