Wuksachi Village is a visitor services development in

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. It was developed to replace the Giant Forest-Camp Kaweah development, which was regarded as being much too close to sensitive

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groves. Wuksachi Village is about north of the

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. It was originally proposed in the 1971 park master plan as the "Clover Creek-Willow Meadow" development, incorporating campgrounds as well as lodgings. Over time the campground feature was dropped. By 1980 the Clover Creek site was approved for development. Work involved a new maintenance facility at Red Fir and improvements to the existing Lodgepole campsite. Work began on Wuksachi Village in 1985 to build employee accommodations, a fire station and water and wastewater treatment facilities. Guest accommodations were built by concessioner

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, opening in June 1999. There are three lodging units with a total of 102 rooms, with potential expansion to 414 rooms. The lodge buildings were designed by Clayton B. Wardel. Wuksachi Village was named after the Wuksachi band of the

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who used the area on a seasonal basis before the area was settled. The facility is open all year and includes conference and meeting facilities.

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Wuksachi Village
at Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Park

at the National Park Lodge Architecture Society {{Sequoia National Park Sequoia National Park National Park Service visitor services villages Buildings and structures in Tulare County, California