Wassillie Trefon Dena'ina Fish Cache

Wassillie Trefon Dena'ina Fish Cache
Location 1 Park Pl., Lake Clark National Park and Preserve, Port Alsworth, Alaska
Coordinates 60°11′51″N 154°19′24″W / 60.19750°N 154.32333°W / 60.19750; -154.32333Coordinates: 60°11′51″N 154°19′24″W / 60.19750°N 154.32333°W / 60.19750; -154.32333
Built c.1920
NRHP Reference # 13000348[1]
Added to NRHP June 5, 2013

The Wassillie Trefon Dena'ina Fish Cache is a historically important fish cache (backcountry food storage structure) that is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It qualified for this designation partly because it was a uniquely well-preserved example of traditional Dena'ina Athabascan fish-caching buildings in the vicinity of Lakes Clark and Iliamna.[1][2] It is about 9 by 10 feet (2.7 m × 3.0 m) in dimension, and is set on poles that are intended to be difficult for animals to climb. It was built without nails or spikes.[3]

The cache was originally built in about 1920 at a location on Miller Creek and has been moved several times; it is now located near the Lake Clark National Park and Preserve's visitor center.[3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Wassillie Trefon Dena'ina Fish Cache". National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Wassillie Trefon Dena'ina Fish Cache / Trefon Fish Cache, Trefon Cache, Alaska Heritage Resources Survey #XLC-00251" (PDF). National Park Service. 2013.
  3. 1 2 "Port Alsworth fish cache added to National Register of Historic Places". Anchorage Daily News. June 19, 2013.


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