Lake Eva Cabin

Lake Eva Cabin is an accessible facility 27 miles northeast of Sitka, Alaska, near the northeast coast of Baranof Island. Lake Eva is 1.7 miles long and sits at an elevation of 194 feet. The cabin is available year round via a 25-minute floatplane ride from Sitka, weather permitting, and makes an excellent base for exploring this corner of Alaska on foot or by boat. Lake Eva offers great fishing. Cutthroat and Dolly Varden are in the lake year-round, with the best fishing April to late June. The outlet stream has a spring run of steelhead in April to June, sockeye in mid-July to August and coho salmon in September and October. Hikers enjoy the Lake Eva-Hanus Bay Trail, which stretches about a mile to saltwater and can be reached by boat from the cabin. The trail is open, but hikers may experience some obstacles along the way, and cabin guests may encounter tour groups using it. This primitive Pan-abode style cabin is accessible and equipped with wooden bunks, a table, benches, cooking counter, cupboard and an oil stove for heat. Its accessible enhancements include a boardwalk, picnic table, dock and an accessible outhouse. Water is available from the lake or a nearby inlet stream. There are no mattresses or cooking utensils: bring bedding, a cook stove and cooking gear, a lantern, food, raingear and boots. The oil stove uses No. 1 diesel fuel oil; bring 10 gallons for a three-day stay, more or less depending on the time of year, transported in an FAA-approved container or jerry can in a non-tip box. A skiff with oars is provided for cabin guests only; bring flotation devices. A 2-10 hp longshaft outboard enhances its use but is not provided. Be sure the plug is in before launching, and tie the skiff well up on shore with the plug pulled before leaving so it does not fill with rain water. The cabin sits within a spruce and hemlock forest overlooking Lake Eva, with snow-capped peaks visible to the southwest. Deer and brown bear inhabit the area.