George McGregor Cabin

George McGregor Cabin
Nearest city Eagle, Alaska
Coordinates 65°21′4″N 143°7′36″W / 65.35111°N 143.12667°W / 65.35111; -143.12667Coordinates: 65°21′4″N 143°7′36″W / 65.35111°N 143.12667°W / 65.35111; -143.12667
Area 1.5 acres (0.61 ha)
Built 1938
Built by McGregor, George
Architectural style Cabin
MPS Yukon River Lifeways TR
NRHP Reference # 87001199[1]
Added to NRHP July 21, 1987

The George McGregor Cabin on the Yukon River, about two miles downstream from Coal Creek, near Eagle, 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 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]

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  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Randall Skeirik (1985). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: George McGregor Cabin" (PDF). National Park Service. and accompanying two photos from 1984


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