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Cowles Cove Shelter

updated: January 14, 2018

This structure was built in 1956 – the original Cowles Cove shelter dates back to 1920.

James Taylor and Clarence Cowles built the very first stretches of the entire Long Trail between Camel’s Hump and Mount Mansfield.

photos October 6, 2007

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