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The Brooks River Historic Ranger Station is a log structure located at
Brooks Camp Brooks Camp is a visitor attraction and archeological site in Katmai National Park and Preserve, noted for its opportunities for visitors to observe Alaskan brown bears catching fish in the falls of the Brooks River during salmon spawning season. ...
in Katmai National Park and Preserve, located on the
Alaska Peninsula The Alaska Peninsula (also called Aleut Peninsula or Aleutian Peninsula, ale, Alasxix̂; Sugpiaq: ''Aluuwiq'', ''Al'uwiq'') is a peninsula extending about to the southwest from the mainland of Alaska and ending in the Aleutian Islands. The ...
of southwestern
Alaska Alaska ( ; russian: Аляска, Alyaska; ale, Alax̂sxax̂; ; ems, Alas'kaaq; Yup'ik: ''Alaskaq''; tli, Anáaski) is a state located in the Western United States on the northwest extremity of North America. A semi-exclave of the U.S., ...
. It is a single-story building, made out of peeled logs felled in 1954 and assembled in 1955. The building was the first structure built by the
National Park Service The National Park Service (NPS) is an agency of the United States federal government within the U.S. Department of the Interior that manages all national parks, most national monuments, and other natural, historical, and recreational propertie ...
in Katmai National Park. It was built in part to oversee the growing Brooks Camp facility, which had been built over time by tourism concessionaires. The building was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
in 2010.


See also

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National Register of Historic Places listings in Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Lake and Peninsula B ...
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Katmai National Park and Preserve This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Katmai National Park and Preserve. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Katmai National Park ...


References

1955 establishments in Alaska Government buildings completed in 1955 Log cabins in the United States Park buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Alaska Ranger stations in the United States Buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska Log buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Alaska National Register of Historic Places in Katmai National Park and Preserve {{LakeandPeninsulaAK-geo-stub