Josephine Lake Cabin
Josephine Lake Cabin is a 12 x 12-foot primitive pan-abode cedar log cabin in Tongass National Forest on Prince of Wales Island. It sleeps up to six people on wooden bunkbeds (without mattresses) and is equipped with an oil stove for heat, a table and benches, a cooking counter/shelves, and an outside toilet; there’s no running water or electricity in the cabin.
Access is by float plane only, and you must walk about 75 yards uphill from Josephine Lake to reach the cabin. The area is remote, so the key planning item is self-sufficiency: bring food, water (or treat/filter lake water), sleeping bags and pads, a cook stove, #1 diesel stove oil, a lantern/light source, cooking utensils/gear, toilet paper, a first-aid kit, and garbage bags for pack-out. Water is available from the lake but must be filtered, boiled, or chemically treated before drinking, and all garbage and food must be packed out.
Reservations are required, check-in and check-out are at 12 p.m., and use by commercial operators (such as outfitter/guide use) is prohibited. The cabin is also described as inaccessible to float planes in fall, winter, and early spring due to frozen lake conditions, so plan around lake surface status when booking before June.