The Beaver Lake Dam, in

Admiralty Island National Monument Admiralty most often refers to: *Admiralty, Hong Kong * Admiralty (United Kingdom), military department in command of the Royal Navy from 1707 to 1964 *The rank of admiral * Admiralty law Admiralty can also refer to: Buildings *Admiralty, Tr ...

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Angoon, Alaska Angoon (sometimes formerly spelled Angun, tli, Aangóon) is a city on Admiralty Island in Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 572; by the 2010 census the population had declined to 459. The ...

, is a

Civilian Conservation Corps The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was a voluntary government work relief program that ran from 1933 to 1942 in the United States for unemployed, unmarried men ages 18–25 and eventually expanded to ages 17–28. The CCC was a major part of ...

-built structure that was built in 1936. It was listed on the

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in 1995. It was designed as part of the Admiralty Island Civilian Conservation Corps Canoe Route to raise the level of Beaver Lake by about so that a channel between Beaver Lake and Lake Alexander could be traversed by canoes. As of 1992, the dam had deteriorated but still kept the level of the lake higher by a foot or more. and

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1936 establishments in Alaska Civilian Conservation Corps in Alaska Dams in Alaska Buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Hoonah–Angoon Census Area, Alaska Tongass National Forest Dams on the National Register of Historic Places in Alaska {{US-dam-stub Dams completed in 1936

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