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Southeast Heckman Cabin
On Revillagigedo Island north of Ketchikan
| Capacity: |
8 |
Access: |
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| Stove type: |
Wood |
| Rowboat: |
Yes |
Activities: |
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| Rental fee: |
$45 per night May-Sept; $25 per night
Oct-Apr |
| Season of use: |
April through October |
| Description: |
2-room barrier-free 16’x22’ Pan-Abode log cabin built in 1997. |
| Location: |
15 air miles (24 km) from Ketchikan within the Naha Recreation
Area, on the southeast shore of Heckman Lake about ½ mile
across from inlet of the Naha River.
| Longitude: |
-131.5194444 |
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| Latitude: |
55.57194444 |
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| Suggested USGS topo map: |
Ketchikan C-5 |
| Access: |
Float plane. May be inaccessible in fall, winter and spring
due to the frozen lake surface (float plane can't land).
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| Terrain: |
Wooded terrain with clearing and slope above and below
the cabin. |
| Facilities: |
- two single upper bunks
- two double lower bunks
- one single lower bunk
- wood stove and firewood
- cooking counter
- table with benches
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- ax, maul, splitting wedge
- broom
- outhouse toilet
- 14' aluminum skiff with oars and NO
lifejackets
- dock
- large deck
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Water is available from lake. Treat all water before using. |
| What to bring: |
Personal flotation devices, sleeping bags, sleeping pads,
cooking stove, lantern, pots, pans, plates, utensils, food,
toilet paper, garbage bags, fire extinguisher and fire starter.
It's a good idea to bring your own water. |
| More information: |
The skiff at this cabin uses a short shaft motor (not
provided). Please conserve firewood; supplied firewood is
for wood stove use only. |
| Special features: |
Barrier-free facility from dock to cabin to outhouse.
The boardwalk connecting the facilities has an incline between
5% and 15%.
Steelhead and salmon runs, resident trout and dolly varden
in Naha River. Sitka blacktail deer, black bear, martin,
otter, beaver, and wolf. |
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