Sanctuary River Cabin No. 31

Sanctuary River Cabin No. 31
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	On Sanctuary River at Mile 22.7 S of Park Rd., Denali National Park & Preserve, Alaska
Coordinates	63°43′21″N 149°28′15″W / 63.72250°N 149.47083°WCoordinates: 63°43′21″N 149°28′15″W / 63.72250°N 149.47083°W
Area	less than one acre
Built by	Alaska Road Commission; National Park Service
Architectural style	Log cabin, Other
MPS	Patrol Cabins, Mount McKinley National Park TR
NRHP Reference #	86003206[1]
Added to NRHP	November 25, 1986

The Sanctuary River Cabin No. 31, located on the Sanctuary River at Mile 22.7 S of Park Rd. in Denali National Park & Preserve, Alaska is a log cabin that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It was listed in 1986. The listing included three contributing buildings and one other contributing object.^[1]

It was built by the Alaska Road Commission in 1926 as the center of a road construction camp, and was adopted by park rangers in wintertime dog sled patrols as a replacement for a different cabin located about five miles south.

This was the cabin where Adolph Murie "began his field work investigating the wolf-Dall sheep relationship in the park...in the summer of 1939."^[2]

References

1. Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Sanctuary River Cabin No. 31" (PDF). National Park Service. and accompanying photos