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La Poel Forest Camp
This sign, which no longer exists, was likely constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). The
present La Poel picnic and day use area was originally an Olympic National Forest campground, before
the area was included within Olympic National Park. During the winter of 1934–1935, CCC crews
from the Snider CCC Camp built a log octagonal shaped cooking shelter on the east side of the La Poel
campground. La Poel was also managed as an Olympic National Park campground before the
establishment of Fairholme Campground on the west end of the lake. Some old maps show that originally
the La Poel area was called Pancake Point. The name La Poel is from Chinook jargon, and is derived
from the French words “la poêle,” meaning “the pan” (frying pan).
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This scene was photographed in the former La Poel campground on the south shore of Lake Crescent.
During the winter of 1934–1935 Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) crews from the Snider CCC
Camp constructed this log octagonal shaped cooking shelter, on the east side of the La Poel Campground.
The cooking shelter no longer exists, and the area is now the La Poel picnic and day use area.
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Andrew Craig Magnuson
Forks, Washington
Olympic Peninsula
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