George McGregor Cabin

The George McGregor Cabin on the Yukon River, about two miles downstream from Coal Creek, in the Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve of Alaska is a historic Log cabin built in 1938 that was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1987.[1]

George McGregor Cabin
George McGregor Cabin is located in Alaska
George McGregor Cabin
LocationAbout 2 miles (3.2 km) west of Coal Creek
Nearest cityEagle, Alaska
Coordinates65°21′11″N 143°11′48″W
Area1.5 acres (0.61 ha)
Built1938
Built byGeorge McGregor
Architectural styleCabin
MPSYukon River Lifeways TR
NRHP reference No.87001199[1]
Added to NRHPJuly 21, 1987

George McGregor was a successful gold miner, who staked multiple gold claims including the "discovery claim" on Mineral Creek, a tributary of Woodchopper Creek, which he worked for about 10 years and then sold these in the mid-1930s. Then he switched to trapping for furs; in 1938 he built this cabin and developed a trapline. As the trapline would be operated in the winter, by dogsled visits, he fished in the summer for food for his dogs using a fishwheel. The cabin is a one-roomed saddle-notched log cabin which is representative of what trappers used.[2]

See also

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Randall Skeirik (1985). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: George McGregor Cabin". National Park Service. and accompanying two photos from 1984

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