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3/28/2019 11:35 am  #1


"Rangers Cabin" on portage between Ralph Bice Lake and Hambone

We're newer to backcountry algonquin canoeing (mostly did car camping previously) and trying to truly understand the symbols on some of the Jeff's maps for Algonquin routes. On a trip we took in the fall, on the portage between Ralph Bice Lake and Hambone lake there is a supposed ranger cabin, green icon symbol. we never did find it, nor any sign of it. was it legit and we missed it, anybody have context to share/educate me further? screenshot attached.
 

 

3/28/2019 11:47 am  #2


Re: "Rangers Cabin" on portage between Ralph Bice Lake and Hambone

Cabin icons in green are an 'old ranger cabin'. Meaning at one point in the history of the park there was a ranger cabin there. In many cases you'll still find remnants of the former cabin, but don't expect to find any of them intact. And in some cases you won't find anything at all. 

Ranger cabins marked in black are rentable, maintained cabins.

 

3/28/2019 12:04 pm  #3


Re: "Rangers Cabin" on portage between Ralph Bice Lake and Hambone

Here's the "old ranger cabin" on Guthrie. A tree fell on it a few years earlier, before that it was apparently in pretty good shape still. 

 

3/28/2019 2:18 pm  #4


Re: "Rangers Cabin" on portage between Ralph Bice Lake and Hambone

there is a cabin not marked on the maps on baits or cinderella lake,, good shape,, this is second hand info,,but i trust the source

 

3/28/2019 2:59 pm  #5


Re: "Rangers Cabin" on portage between Ralph Bice Lake and Hambone

swedish pimple wrote:

there is a cabin not marked on the maps on baits or cinderella lake,, good shape,, this is second hand info,,but i trust the source

There are other secret cabins in Algonquin too..... ;)

Hidden/Secret Cabin

 

3/28/2019 7:12 pm  #6


Re: "Rangers Cabin" on portage between Ralph Bice Lake and Hambone

Was the Guthrie Cabin ever a rangers cabin? I thought it was built and used by trappers. Is it in 'A Few Rustic Huts'?

 

3/29/2019 1:48 pm  #7


Re: "Rangers Cabin" on portage between Ralph Bice Lake and Hambone

Peek wrote:

There are other secret cabins in Algonquin too..... ;)
Hidden/Secret Cabin

That's one ugly cabin but it looks like it's could keep you warm in the winter. I suspect something that big would show up on the leaf-off aerial photos that regularly get taken. Between the logging, flying, and bushwhacking going on in the park I bet that eventually everything interesting gets discovered.

 

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