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
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	About 2 miles (3.2 km) west of Coal Creek
Nearest city	Eagle, Alaska
Coordinates	65°21′11″N 143°11′48″W
Area	1.5 acres (0.61 ha)
Built	1938
Built by	George McGregor
Architectural style	Cabin
MPS	Yukon River Lifeways TR
NRHP reference No.	87001199[1]
Added to NRHP	July 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

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Yukon–Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska

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