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Sweetwater Lake Cabin
Northern Prince of Wales Island
| Season of use: |
Year-round. Cabin
may be inaccessible by float plane due to frozen lake surface
(planes cannot land) in fall, winter, and early spring. Reservations run from noon on the day of the reservation, until noon the following day. |
| Description: |
12' x 14’ Pan-Abode log
cabin with covered porch |
| Location: |
E side of Sweetwater Lake, NE Prince of Wales Island,
10 road miles (16 km) from Coffman Cove, 63 air miles
(101 km) from Ketchikan
| Longitude: |
-132.9386111 |
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| Latitude: |
55.95222222 |
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| Suggested USGS topo map: |
Craig D-3
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| Access: |
Float plane or auto via Forest Road 3030 with 200-foot
hike and ½-mile
skiff ride to cabin
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| Terrain: |
Generally flat to rolling with old-growth
spruce, hemlock, cedar. Cabin sits on edge of lake with
large gravelly beach. |
| Facilities: |
- 2 single plywood bunks
- 2 double plywood bunks
- Table and benches
- Wood stove (wood is provided, but not guaranteed)
- Cooking counter, shelves,
cupboard space
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- Broom
- Outhouse toilet
- Axe, maul, splitting wedges
- 14' aluminum skiff with oars - flotation devices
NOT provided
- Fire extinguisher provided
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Water available from lake or creek. Treat all water
before using. Cabin
condition report |
| What to bring: |
Bring your own stove fuel (#1 diesel, uses 0.2 gal/hour at highest setting), 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. Please take your fuel container with you when you leave. |
| More information: |
NOTICE: Rock used in the construction of the nearby Coffman Cove Road has been found to contain sulfides that cause low pH (acidic) and elevated metals concentrations in the water. One of the metals that is leached from the rock is iron, which is causing the water in the streams to become red-orange. Small pieces of iron compounds can be seen suspended in the water. Laboratory analysis of the water samples taken have not shown any threats to human health, but the analysis was not done in a comprehensive manner normally performed for drinking water. The Forest Service suggests that you not use the water from these streams for drinking water. The Forest Service in cooperation with the Environmental Protection Agency, the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, the Federal Highway Administration and others are working to address the problems cause by the rock and low pH and metals in the water.
NOTICE: Forest Road 3030
is closed for road improvements March - November
2008. Floatplane access only during
this time. Road closure period subject to change
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contact Thorne Bay Ranger District for updated information
(907) 828-3304.
Please pull boat out of water
and tie up after using.
Occasionally poor weather can result in extended stays;
cabin users should be prepared for this. |
| Special features: |
Good fishing for rainbow trout, cutthroat
trout, Dolly Varden as well as coho, sockeye, and pink
salmon. Migratory waterfowl in fall. Sitka black-tailed
deer, black bear, marten, mink, otter, beaver common.
Seals often seen in lake. |
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