Tolsona Lake Lodge is now a modern roadhouse -- with an original cabin displayed nearby. |
Modern Roadhouses & Lodges In Alaska Often Still Have Cabins From The "Old" Original Roadhouse Nearby
Original small log roadhouse at Eureka Lodge. |
As the roadhouses grew, lodge-owners established two-story, larger buildings. But the original cabins stayed on the property.
Due to the problems of operating wood stoves -- combined with long distances, lack of a population, and extreme isolation -- a vast majority of Alaska's original roadhouses have burned to the ground.
Yet, as you travel Alaska, you can still find modern gas stations and roadhouses with some of the smaller, original lodge log cabins nearby. For a long time, these original cabins were pretty much ignored by the owners of the modern lodge, or used for storage.
But today, they are attracting more attention, and lodge owners sometimes put them on display, by adding a placard -- such as Eureka Roadhouse did (right) -- or placing them adjacent to the current lodge, as at Tolsona Lake Resort. The Tolsona cabin still has scorch marks on the logs, a relic of the original Tolsona Lodge burning down. Both of these small log cabins are located on the Glenn Highway, and both places were used extensively as hunting camps.
Alaska covered with snow wow. Totally amazing. I love the pictures. Thanks for sharing the history and extreme Alaska tip. I am sure this will help out many of us.
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