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Kegan Creek Cabin
South Prince of Wales Island
| Season of use: |
Year-round (April thru November best) |
| Description: |
12' x 12' Pan-Abode cedar log cabin |
| Location: |
30 air miles (48 km) from Ketchikan, 51 miles (82
km) from Craig, ½ mile (1 km) from Moira Sound
along Kegan Creek, 200 yards (185 m) downstream from
Kegan Lake.
| Longitude: |
-132.1783333 |
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| Latitude: |
55.02166667 |
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| Suggested USGS topo map: |
Craig A-1
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| Access: |
Float plane or boat with ½-mile hike from Kegan
Cove cabin.
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| Terrain: |
Generally flat with coastal Sitka srpuce-western
hemlock forest. |
| Facilities: |
- 2 single plywood bunks
- 2 double plywood bunks
- Table and benches
- Oil stove (requires #1
diesel, not provided)
- Cooking bench
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- Broom
- Outhouse toilet
- 14' aluminum skiff with oars (flotation devices not
provided)
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Water available from Kegan Creek. Treat all water
before using. Cabin
condition report |
| What to bring: |
Your own #1 diesel fuel (highest setting
= 0.1 gal/hour), personal flotation devices, sleeping bags,
sleeping pads, cooking stove, lantern, pots, pans, plates,
utensils,
food,
toilet
paper,
garbage bags, and fire starter. It's a good idea to bring
your own water. |
| More information: |
Mooring buoy in bay available on a first-come, first-served
basis. Mooring of more than one vessel allowed, if first
party there agrees. |
| Special features: |
Cabin is on Kegan Creek near outlet
of Kegan Lake. Salmon runs draw anglers, black bear
to creek. ½-mile trail along the creek connects
cabin to Kegan Cove and to Kegan Lake. Watch
fish or try to catch salmon, steelhead, trout from trail.
Bears, eagles, gulls and a variety of other birds frequent
area. |
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