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Skagway-Yakutat-Angoon County, Alaska

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—pop. 2020
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At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 24 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 3 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Angoon, Yakutat, Skagway.

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Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Alaska is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Skagway-Yakutat-Angoon titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

22 of 24 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

24 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Alexander Lake Shelter CabinAngoonBuilding1995
Beaver Lake DamAngoonStructure1995
Big Shaheen CabinAngoonBuilding1995
Cape Spencer LighthouseYakutatStructure1975
Chilkoot Trail NHLSkagwayDistrict1975
Davidson Lake Shelter CabinAngoonBuilding1995
Distin Lake Shelter CabinAngoonBuilding1995
Hasselborg CabinAngoonBuilding1995
Hasselborg Lake East Shelter CabinAngoonBuilding1995
Hasselborg Lake North Shelter CabinAngoonBuilding1995
Hasselborg Lake South Shelter CabinAngoonBuilding1995
Klondike Goldrush National Historical ParkSkagwayDistrict1976
Lake Guerin East Shelter CabinAngoonBuilding1995
Lake Guerin West Shelter CabinAngoonBuilding1995
Mitchell Bay Shelter CabinAngoonBuilding1995
Mole Harbor Shelter CabinAngoonBuilding1995
New Russia Site NHLYakutatSite1972
Skagway Historic District and White Pass NHLSkagway andDistrict1966
St. John the Baptist ChapelNaknekBuilding1980
St. John the Baptist ChurchAngoonBuilding1980
Thayer Lake East Shelter CabinAngoonSite1995
Thayer Lake North Shelter CabinAngoonBuilding1995
Thayer Lake South Shelter CabinAngoonBuilding1995
Windfall Harbor Shelter CabinAngoonBuilding1995

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

Historical markers

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