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The centerpiece of the complex is the lodge building. In plan the lodge is a Roman cross with a main section about 97 feet (30 m) by 34 feet (10 m) with crossing wings and an end extension. The lodge appears to have two stories but is in fact single story construction. The gabled roof is supported by log trusses.
The Brooks River Historic Ranger Station is a log structure located at Brooks Camp in Katmai National Park and Preserve, located on the Alaska Peninsula of southwestern Alaska. It is a single-story building, made out of peeled logs felled in 1954 and assembled in 1955.
Brooks Lake and Brooks River were named in 1919 by Robert Fiske Griggs, after Alfred Hulse Brooks, the geologist in charge of exploring and mapping the Territory of Alaska. [2]: 60–61, 364 [3]: ii Five thousand years before present the level of Naknek Lake was significantly higher, and Lake Brooks was part of Naknek.
Lake Brooks Seaplane Base on Naknek Lake, Brooks Camp, Brooks River and Lake Brooks (lower left to upper right) Lake Brooks Seaplane Base (IATA: BKF, FAA LID: 5Z9) is a public-use seaplane base located near Brooks Camp in Katmai National Park, in the Lake and Peninsula Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska.
The boat house is a simple rectangular log structure with large double-leaf door on the water side, and a door and window on the land side. It was built in 1959 by the National Park Service, [2] and is the second building built in the park by the Park Service. It is used as a ranger station.
Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises nearly 2,900 feet (880 meters) above Brooks Lake Creek in 1.8 mile (2.9 km). Pinnacle Buttes can be seen for up to 15 miles from U.S. Route 26 / U.S. 287 in the Togwotee Pass area. [6] The peaks are also a backdrop at historic Brooks Lake Lodge and Brooks Lake.
The river is the site of a salmon run that attracts large numbers of bears, and has been used since the establishment of the park as a hunting, fishing, and sightseeing location. Brooks Camp is located on the north bank of the river, near Brooks Falls. Since the 1960s the area has been the subject of regular archaeological activity, often in ...
Brooks Memorial State Park is a public recreation area in the southern Cascade Mountains located eleven miles (18 km) northeast of Goldendale, Washington.The 682-acre (276 ha) state park features nine miles (14 km) of hiking and equestrian trails through ponderosa pine forest along a prong of the Little Klickitat River as well as camping, picnicking, wildlife viewing, and an environmental ...