
Cape Perpetua Shelter and Parapet
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Volcanoguy
N 44° 17.241 W 124° 06.623
10T E 411406 N 4904388
The Cape Perpetua Shelter is located near the summit of Cape Perpetua.
Waymark Code: WM14Z9
Location: Oregon, United States
Date Posted: 01/15/2007
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The shelter is located about 0.15 miles west of the parking lot at the summit of Cape Perpetua and was constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) in 1934.
Additional Information added in 2011.
The Overlook Shelter is a 15x20 foot rectangular stone structure with flagstone floor, battered corner pilasters, segmental arched openings a shake roof and a rock parapet. The stone used in the construction was quarried locally at Round Mountain northeast of Yachats.
The main CCC camp for construction in the area was located at Cape Creek near the west of the current Cape Perpetua Visitor Center.
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