1920s picture showing the ban, outbuildings, and main rangers house far center at the Swan Lake ranger station at the south end of the lake. Given the flooding it must be late spring. (Forest Service Northern Region Archives)
February 2, 2022
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“A worthless lot of shacks” -- Ranger Stations of the Swan Valley and Bigfork
While many in Bigfork associate the Forest Service with the bucolic white buildings that make up the current Swan Lake ranger district compound of today, the early Forest Service and its administration were typified by constant movement, adjustment, and construction.