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West Shelter

Now popular with tourists, West Shelter was built by CCC workers in 1933 and used as WWII observation post

April 3, 2024

The West Shelter sits at the 800-foot level on the west edge of Cape Perpetua and was built by the Civilian Conservation Corps in 1933. It was listed on […]

Volunteers from Oregon and across the country converge on Cape Perpetua to restore historic shelter

September 26, 2019

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The 17-foot log rests on scaffolding 800 feet above the Pacific Ocean. A crew of retirees and Forest Service employees hefts the big log into place […]

Historic preservation volunteers descend on Cape Perpetua shelter for two weeks

September 12, 2019

Volunteers from a national historic preservation group will spend the next two weeks replacing the roof and doing other smaller restoration work on the West Shelter high on Cape […]