Wassillie Trefon Dena'ina Fish Cache

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]

Wassillie Trefon Dena'ina Fish Cache
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Alaska Heritage Resources Survey
Location	1 Park Place, Lake Clark National Park and Preserve, Port Alsworth, Alaska
Coordinates	60°11′51″N 154°19′24″W
Built	c. 1920
NRHP reference No.	13000348[1]
AHRS No.	XLC-00251
Added to NRHP	June 5, 2013

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]

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Lake Clark National Park and Preserve

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "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. "Port Alsworth fish cache added to National Register of Historic Places". Anchorage Daily News. June 19, 2013.