West Fork Cabin clean-up
Thu, Jun 19
|West Fork Cabin
Time & Location
Jun 19, 2025, 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM
West Fork Cabin, 1.5 miles off the West Fork of Smith Creek Road
About the event
West Fork Cabin
Meeting Details
Meet at 8:30 AM at Three Mile Station.
West Fork cabin was built in the 1930’s as a smoke chaser cabin. It served as a home-away-from home for trail crews, fire crews, snow surveyors, and wildlife crews. It was always open to the public and became a popular recreation destination in the 1960’s. It was on the National Register of Historic Places. The cabin burned to the ground in June of 1998. Local and national volunteers, representing all walks of life, joined forces to re-build this much-loved cabin. It is an exact replica of the original cabin, with the addition of a block foundation. It represents early days of the Forest Service, and is an example of what many different people can do when they work together. The cabin sits in a meadow located in a Natural Research area north of Bonners Ferry.