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CHAPTER 3:
NORTHERN CONSOLIDATED CONCESSION OPERATIONS
Coville Camp
Fig 10. Coville Camp was founded on a neck of land between Coville Lake and Grosvenor Lake. Gilbert M. Grosvenor, longtime editor of National Geographic Magazine, visited the camp in June 1954; in commemoration of that visit, Ray Petersen changed its name to Grosvenor Camp. This photo, looking north from the south side of the intervening stream, was taken sometime before 1957. (Wien Collection, AMHA)

Brooks Camp
Fig 11. This photo, taken in July 1954, shows part of old Brooks Camp. Looking flooking south from the present trading post, it shows three tent cabins on the right and the camp's cookhouse in the left rear. Most of the early Katmai tent cabins were 9 feet square, but there were also a few larger tents, 16 feet on each side. (Ward Wells Collection, AMHA)

anglers at Brooks Falls
Fig 12. Anglers casting their line at Brooks Falls in 1954. Note the fish ladder on the left, which was constructed by the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 1948-50. The contour of the stream bank has changed markedly in the intervening years. (Ward Wells Collection, AMHA)

angler
Fig 13. One reason Brooks Camp fishing has remained excellent over the years is because Ray Petersen, back in 1950, insisted that the Brooks River be limited to fly fishing. Anglers were able to fish close to the falls in the 1950s and 1960s; regulations have since been imposed requiring them to stay farther downstream. (Ward Wells Collection, AMHA)

Ace Williams
Fig 14. Ace Williams, a publicist for Pan American World Airways, photographed the cook in the midst of breakfast preparations during the early 1950s. The 16' x 32' tent-frame cookhouse remained the center of camp activities until Brooks Lodge was completed in 1961. (Katmailand Collection)

Brooks Camp cookhouse
Fig 15. Breakfast at the Brooks Camp cookhouse, 1954. Fishermen in the early days enjoyed a clublike atmosphere while visiting the camps. Diners included camp superintendent John Walatka, second from right. (Ward Wells Collection, AMHA)

Brooks Camp gift shop
Fig 16. The original Brooks Camp gift shop was limited to a corner of one of the 9' x 9' cabins. It sold just the essentials: cigarettes, fishing flies, and souvenirs. Native handicraft items comprised only a minor part of what was sold. (Ward Wells Collection, AMHA)

Adlai Stevenson
Fig 17. Brooks Camp received many well-known guests over the years. Illinois Governor Adlai Stevenson, who ran for the U.S. presidency in 1952 and 1956, visited the camp in July 1954. He is shown here in the cookhouse signing the guest register. (Ward Wells Collection, AMHA)

John Walatka
Fig 18. John Walatka, longtime Katmai camp superintendent, is shown here at Nonvianuk Camp cleaning his catch of rainbow trout. (Ward Wells Collection, AMHA)

Native fish camp
Fig 19. When visitors vacationed at the NCA camps, they sometimes flew out to remote sites in order to fish or go sightseeing. This photo, taken in 1954, shows a Native fish camp, probably along the Alagnak (Branch) River downstream from Nonvianuk Camp. (Ward Wells Collection, AMHA)

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