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CCC Camp Develops Grizzly Bear Camp Ground
The major project for the winter of 1935-36 was the development of the Grizzly Bear Camp Ground. Grizzly Bear Camp Ground was completely developed along Grizzly Bear Creek in a beautifully wooded area on Iron Mountain Road. It contained one mile of road with a dozen spurs for individual camps and two parking areas. Camping facilities included individual outdoor stoves, tables and benches, incinerators, large shelter house with a stove, fireplace and latrines, and a well house.
Camp Pine Creek operated a side camp at Camp Lodge while finishing the work at Grizzly Bear campground. Then on April 27, 1936, Company 1793 transferred from Pine Creek to Camp Lodge and Camp Lodge was reopened (1937).
![Entrance to Grizzly Bear Campground](../set_NRML/GVN-Grizzly-1.jpg)
![Grizzly Bear Campground](../set_NRML/GVN-Grizzly-2.jpg)
![before bridge built on Grizzly Bear Creek, 1935](../set_NRML/GVN-Grizzly-3.jpg)
![Grizzly Gulch](../set_NRML/GVN-Grizzly-4.jpg)
![Phase 1 Grizzly shelter](../set_NRML/GVN-Grizzly-5.jpg)
![Grizzly Bear picnic shelter stage 2](../set_NRML/GVN-Grizzly-6.jpg)
![building picnic shelter](../set_NRML/GVN-Grizzly-7.jpg)
![picnic shelter](../set_NRML/GVN-Grizzly-8.jpg)
![CCC Boy at shelter](../set_NRML/GVN-Grizzly-9.jpg)
![Picnic shelter in 2001](../set_NRML/GVN-Grizzly-10.jpg)
![finished campground shelter](../set_NRML/GVN-Grizzly-11.jpg)
![The Grizzly picnic shelter](../set_NRML/GVN-Grizzly-12.jpg)
![latrine construction](../set_NRML/GVN-Grizzly-13.jpg)
![campground latrine](../set_NRML/GVN-Grizzly-14.jpg)
![The Grizly toilet in 2001](../set_NRML/GVN-Grizzly-15.jpg)
![CCC built the latrine at Grizzly](../set_NRML/GVN-Grizzly-16.jpg)
![clearing area for cabin](../set_NRML/GVN-Grizzly-17.jpg)
![2 CCC biys in front of cabin](../set_NRML/GVN-Grizzly-18.jpg)
![pumphouse at Grizzly Campground](../set_NRML/GVN-Grizzly-19.jpg)
![CCC Man Noble Witt](../set_NRML/GVN-Grizzly-20.jpg)
![Noble Witt Cheif Mason](../set_NRML/GVN-Grizzly-21.jpg)
![Witt with another mason](../set_NRML/GVN-Grizzly-22.jpg)
![stone mason Witt with crew](../set_NRML/GVN-Grizzly-23.jpg)
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