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Berg Bay Cabin
Mainland
| Capacity: |
7 |
Access: |
or 
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| Stove type: |
Oil heater (#1 stove oil only) |
| Rowboat: |
No |
Activities: |
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| Rental fee: |
$35 per night May through September;
$25 per night October through April |
| Season of use: |
Year-round |
| Description: |
16' x 16' (5 m x 5 m) A-frame
cabin overlooks Berg Bay and Blake Channel |
| Location: |
NE shore of Berg Bay on E side of Blake Channel, near
mouth of Aaron Creek
| Longitude: |
-132.0047222 |
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| Latitude: |
56.36444444 |
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| Suggested USGS topo map: |
Petersburg B-1, B-6 |
| Access: |
By boat or float plane, 22 miles (35 km) southeast of
Wrangell.
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| Terrain: |
Sitka spruce, western hemlock, scattered cedar, muskeg.
Gentle slope from cabin to bay. Nearby Aaron Creek tideflat
has extensive grass sedges, wildflowers. Slopes gentle around
cabin; become steep in surrounding area. |
| Facilities: |
- 2 single bunks (1 w/ trundle)
- Sleeping loft w/ ladder
- Wooden table and benches
- Oil space heater (#1 stove oil only,
not provided)
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- Broom
- Outhouse toilet
- 25' (7½ m) mooring float for cabin users
only
- Fire grill
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Water available from small stream next to cabin Treat
all water before using. |
| What to bring: |
#1 fuel oil, 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: |
Partially covered front porch has a wooden cooler box
for food storage.
Occasionally poor weather can result in extended stays,
and cabin users should be prepared for this.
Space heater does not have cook top or oven. Can be used
for food warming, but not for high temperature cooking |
| Special features: |
Aaron
Creek Trail; 4 miles (6.5 km) from Berg Bay to Berg
Creek; first 0.4 mile (0.6 km) of trail to grassflats surfaced
with boardwalk; Berg
Creek Trail, unmaintained 4-mile (6.5-km) trail from
mouth of Berg Creek to Berg Basin
Brown & black bear, moose, mountain goat on surrounding
ridges, waterfowl, grouse, ptarmigan
Pink salmon (mid-July to mid-Aug.); silver,
chum salmon (Aug. - Sept.), steelhead (April
- May) in nearby Aaron and Oerns Creek; crabbing
in Berg Bay and in saltwater in front of Aaron Creek tidal
flats
Wildflowers prominent on Aaron Creek grassflats (May-June)
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