The North Fork Sol Duc Shelter is located in Olympic National Park in

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. The rustic log building provides shelter to hikers on the park's Sol Duc River trail. It was built about 1932 by the

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as part of a network of about ninety trail shelters for hikers in what was then Olympic National Forest. The majority of these shelters were removed by the

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in the 1970s. Measuring about by , the rectangular shelter is open on the front side. It is constructed with a peeled log frame covered with vertical split-fir board siding. The gabled roofline is broken with a separate shed roof extending to the front. The interior is furnished with bunks. There is no floor. and The North Fork Sol Duc Shelter was added to the

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on July 13, 2007.

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