Brooks River Historic Ranger Station

The Brooks River Historic Ranger Station is a one-story log building at Brooks Camp in Katmai National Park and Preserve on the Alaska Peninsula. Built from peeled logs cut in 1954 and assembled in 1955, it reflects a simple frontier-era design and the early presence of the National Park Service in the area. Its chief significance is that it was the first building the National Park Service constructed in Katmai National Park. Erected partly to oversee the growing Brooks Camp complex developed by tourism concessionaires, it represents a move toward more formal park management at one of Katmai’s most prominent visitor areas. In 2010 it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

King Salmon, Alaska · United States