Katmai
Tourism in Katmai Country
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CHAPTER 4:
THE WIEN CONSOLIDATED
AND WEIN AIR ALASKA CONCESSIONS
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Fig 20. This aerial photo of Brooks
Camp, looking southeast, was taken about 1970. The buildings on the
left comprised the NPS residence and maintenance complex; those in the
center comprise the concessioner's camp. Note the sandspit at the mouth
of Brooks River and the embayment seen on the north shore; both were
lost by floods and dockwork during the late 1970s.
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Fig 21. Brooks Camp Lodge, completed in
1961, is shown in this August 1968 photo; the manager's office is shown
at the extreme right. The lush ground cover, seen in the foreground,
was worn away during the 1970s and 1980s. (Ward Wells Collection, AMHA)
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Fig 22. Brooks Camp cabins 24 through
27, looking northwest to Dumpling Mountain, 1971. Brooks River is to
the left of the photograph. (Ward Wells Collection, AMHA)
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Fig 23. The eight-unit Skytel, opened in
1965 at Brooks Camp, featured spacious rooms with double bunk beds.
Shown in the photo is Carol Petersen, wife of camp manager Chuck
Petersen and daughter-in-law of the camp's founder. (Frank Whaley photo, Wien Collection, AMHA)
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Fig 24. Kulik Camp's sawmill and planing
mill, installed in 1956, supplied materials for the camp's lodge, store
and garage, and also provided the lumber for the Nonvianuk Camp lodge.
In this photograph, taken in 1960, John Walatka and Raphael Kupanoak are
seen operating the mill's crosscut saw, used for firewood and similar
purposes. (Ward Wells Collection, AMHA)
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Fig 25. Kulik Lodge was completed in the
late 1950s. Here a group of fishermen are seen relaxing on the porch
shortly after completion of the lodge. The view is to the
southeast. (Wien Collection, AMHA)
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Fig 26. A group of guests seated around
the fireplace in the newly-completed Kulik Camp lodge, 1960. (Ward Wells Collection, AMHA)
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Fig 27. In the late 1950s Kulik Camp,
seen from the southeast, consisted of the recently-completed lodge and a
smattering of tent frames covered with asphalt shingling. During those
days the aviation docking facility was located on the eastern shore of
Nonvianuk Lake. A Cessna T-50 is shown at the dock. (Wien Collection, AMHA)
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Fig 28. By 1960 Kulik Camp sported a log
office building and garage as well as a lodge, all constructed from the
camp's sawmill. This view, from a hill southwest of the camp, shows the
Kulik River behind the camp and a slight embayment where the present
airplane dock is located. (Ward Wells Collection, AMHA)
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Fig 29. This group of guests, taken
during the 1960s, includes camp manager Chuck Petersen (at top right)
and NCA publicist Jim Chadwick (front row, center). The combination
manager's quarters and lounge, constructed in 1957, was the first
Panabode structure erected at Grosvenor Camp. (Wien Collection, AMHA)
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