Camp Lee Canyon is a district 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 ...

containing seven buildings in Lee Canyon, Toiyabe National Forest in

Mount Charleston Mount Charleston, including Charleston Peak (Nuvagantu, literally "where snow sits", in Southern Paiute or Nüpakatütün in Shoshoni) at , is the highest mountain in both the Spring Mountains and Clark County, in Nevada, United States. It is ...

. The camp is operated by the Clark County Parks and Recreation department. Camp Lee Canyon was leased to Clark County Parks and recreation in 1961 from the US forest service. It is the only camp in control of Clark County Parks and Recreation.

History

The camp was constructed in 1936 by the

Works Progress Administration The Works Progress Administration (WPA; renamed in 1939 as the Work Projects Administration) was an American New Deal agency that employed millions of jobseekers (mostly men who were not formally educated) to carry out public works projects, i ...

References

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Camp Lee Canyon
Clark County National Register of Historic Places in Clark County, Nevada Buildings and structures in Clark County, Nevada Works Progress Administration in Nevada Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Nevada {{ClarkCountyNV-geo-stub