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Moose Creek Ranger Cabin No. 19

Coordinates: 63°29′6″N 150°37′22″W / 63.48500°N 150.62278°W / 63.48500; -150.62278
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Moose Creek Ranger Cabin No. 19
Moose Creek Ranger Cabin
Moose Creek Ranger Cabin No. 19 is located in Alaska
Moose Creek Ranger Cabin No. 19
Location5 miles (8.0 km) north of Mile 73.8 on Park Road, Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska, USA
Coordinates63°29′6″N 150°37′22″W / 63.48500°N 150.62278°W / 63.48500; -150.62278
Arealess than one acre
Built1935
Built byNational Park Service
ArchitectNational Park Service
MPSPatrol Cabins, Mount McKinley National Park TR
NRHP reference No.86003231[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 25, 1986

Moose Creek Ranger Cabin No. 19, also known as Moose Creek Patrol Cabin and Moose Creek Shelter Cabin, is a log shelter in the National Park Service Rustic style in Denali National Park. The cabin is part of a network of shelters for patrolling park rangers throughout the park. It is a standard design by the National Park Service Branch of Plans and Designs and was built in 1935.[2][a] The cabin has five separate log dog kennels, also to a standard Park Service design,[4] as well as an elevated food cache.[5]

The cabin was the last patrol cabin built in Denali.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ a b "Moose Creek Shelter Cabin". List of Classified Structures. National Park Service. Retrieved May 10, 2017.
  3. ^ a b "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Moose Creek Ranger Cabin No. 19" (pdf). National Park Service. 1986. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. ^ "Moose Creek Shelter Cabin Dog Houses". List of Classified Structures. National Park Service. Retrieved May 10, 2017.
  5. ^ "Moose Creek Shelter Cabin Cache". List of Classified Structures. National Park Service. Retrieved May 10, 2017.

Notes

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  1. ^ While [2] report the cabin as built in 1934, its construction was not finished until 1935, as can be read in.[3]