Wassillie Trefon Dena'ina Fish Cache

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Wassillie Trefon Dena'ina Fish Cache
Alaska Heritage Resources Survey
Trefon Dena'ina Fish Cache - Port Alsworth Alaska.jpg
Wassillie Trefon Dena'ina Fish Cache is located in Alaska
Wassillie Trefon Dena'ina Fish Cache
Location1 Park Place, Lake Clark National Park and Preserve, Port Alsworth, Alaska
Coordinates60°11′51″N 154°19′24″W / 60.19761°N 154.3232°W / 60.19761; -154.3232Coordinates: 60°11′51″N 154°19′24″W / 60.19761°N 154.3232°W / 60.19761; -154.3232
Builtc. 1920
NRHP reference No.13000348[1]
AHRS No.XLC-00251
Added to NRHPJune 5, 2013

The Wassillie Trefon Dena'ina Fish Cache is a historically important fish cache (backcountry food storage structure) that is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It qualified for this designation partly because it was a uniquely well-preserved example of traditional Dena'ina Athabascan fish-caching buildings in the vicinity of Lakes Clark and Iliamna.[2][3] It is about 9 by 10 feet (2.7 m × 3.0 m) in dimension, and is set on poles that are intended to be difficult for animals to climb. It was built without nails or spikes.[4][2]

The cache was originally built in about 1920 at a location on Miller Creek and has been moved several times; it is now located near the Lake Clark National Park and Preserve's visitor center.[4]

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  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ a b "Wassillie Trefon Dena'ina Fish Cache". National Park Service.
  3. ^ "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Wassillie Trefon Dena'ina Fish Cache / Trefon Fish Cache, Trefon Cache, Alaska Heritage Resources Survey #XLC-00251". National Park Service. 2013.
  4. ^ a b "Port Alsworth fish cache added to National Register of Historic Places". Anchorage Daily News. June 19, 2013.


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