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Storehouse No. 3

Coordinates: 55°14′7″N 130°6′11″W / 55.23528°N 130.10306°W / 55.23528; -130.10306
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Storehouse No. 3
Alaska Heritage Resources Survey
1975 photo, US Army Corps of Engineers
Storehouse No. 3 is located in Alaska
Storehouse No. 3
Nearest cityKetchikan, Alaska
Coordinates55°14′7″N 130°6′11″W / 55.23528°N 130.10306°W / 55.23528; -130.10306
Arealess than one acre
Built1896 (1896)
Built byCaptain David du Bose Gaillard
NRHP reference No.77001575[1]
AHRS No.KET-029
Significant dates
Added to NRHPDecember 7, 1977
Designated AHRSJuly 1973

Storehouse No. 3 is one of four historic storehouses built by the United States Army along the Portland Canal on the west coast of North America. Built out of rubble stone in 1896, they were built at a time of tension with neighboring Canada over exact location of the international border in the area. The border location was resolved by arbitration in 1903, with two of the four warehouses falling in Canadian territory. None of the warehouses were apparently ever used. Storehouse No. 3 is located on Halibut Bay, on the northwest side of the Portland Canal.[2] The storehouse was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "NRHP nomination for Storehouse No. 3". National Park Service. Retrieved 2014-11-06.