Wilderness boundary up Petersburg Creek itself to a USFS cabin on Petersburg Lake. A more primitive trail runs from Petersburg Lake to a cabin in the Duncan Salt Chuck. Cabin use requires reservations and a fee, obtainable from and payable to the Forest Service. Wilderness camping is unrestricted. The area lies on northeastern Kupreanof Island, near the small village of Kupreanof, just across the Wrangell Narrows from the town of Petersburg.
Easy access brings a relatively large numbers of humans to fish and hunt, picnic, hike and camp.
Float planes land on Petersburg Lake. Click here to find out how. Copyright Rodale, Inc. 2001.