Sanctuary River Cabin No. 31

Sanctuary River Cabin No. 31
Location On Sanctuary River at Mile 22.7, south of Park Road, Denali National Park & Preserve, Alaska
Coordinates 63°43′22″N 149°28′24″W / 63.72278°N 149.47333°W / 63.72278; -149.47333Coordinates: 63°43′22″N 149°28′24″W / 63.72278°N 149.47333°W / 63.72278; -149.47333
Area less than one acre
Built 1926
Built by Alaska Road Commission; National Park Service
Architectural style Log cabin, Other
MPS Patrol Cabins, Mount McKinley National Park TR
NRHP Reference # 86003206[1]
Added to NRHP November 25, 1986

The Sanctuary River Cabin No. 31, also known as Sanctuary Patrol Cabin, is a log cabin that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986".[2] The listing includes an outhouse and a tool box and storage shed.[1]

It was built by the Alaska Road Commission in 1926[3] as the center of a road construction camp, and was adopted by park rangers in wintertime dog sled patrols as a replacement for a different cabin located about five miles south.

This was the cabin where Adolph Murie "began his field work investigating the wolf-Dall sheep relationship in the park...in the summer of 1939."[2]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Sanctuary River Cabin No. 31" (PDF). National Park Service. and accompanying photos
  3. "Sanctuary Patrol Cabin". List of Classified Structures. National Park Service. Retrieved May 10, 2017.


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