Trapper's Bay State Park is located on the west side of

Lake Park, Iowa Lake Park is a city in Dickinson County, Iowa, United States. The population was 1,167 at the time of the 2020 census. Trappers Bay State Park is located just west of the town. History Lake Park had its start in the year 1882 by the building o ...

, United States. The park is along the north shore of Silver Lake. It provides space for picnicking, including a shelter listed on the

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, and boating and fishing on the lake.

History

Property for Trapper's Bay was acquired by the state in 1933.

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 ...

Company 778 began park development sometime between the beginning of June and the end of October 1933 as part of their work with the

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. with Work on the picnic shelter and the latrines was begun in 1933 and completed by March 1934 after they were transferred to the

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. The park was put under the jurisdiction of

Gull Point State Park Gull Point State Park is a state park of Iowa, United States, located on West Okoboji Lake in the city of Wahpeton. It is the primary state park unit in the Iowa Great Lakes region. Two areas of the park were listed as nationally recognized his ...

in 1936.

Picnic Shelter

The

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style structure features back and side walls composed of random

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. On the center of the back wall is a stone fireplace and chimney. Two round timber posts with bracing hold up the timber

gable A gable is the generally triangular portion of a wall between the edges of intersecting roof pitches. The shape of the gable and how it is detailed depends on the structural system used, which reflects climate, material availability, and aesth ...

roof. Exposed

purlin A purlin (or historically purline, purloyne, purling, perling) is a longitudinal, horizontal, structural member in a roof. In traditional timber framing there are three basic types of purlin: purlin plate, principal purlin, and common purlin. Pu ...

s extend below the overhang of the roof. Located on a small point of land near the lake, the significance of its architecture is that it was designed to blend into its natural surroundings by means of its material, design, and workmanship.

References

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