Almost two years after a windstorm sent a tree crashing down and breaking apart the gangway at the Roosevelt Harbor dock on Zarembo Island, the heavily used facility is back in operation.
A U.S. Forest Service contractor finished the repair and rebuilding job on Nov. 1 and the dock and gangway reopened for public use on Nov. 2.
The work also included reattaching the floating dock to pilings. The storm that broke up the gangway also broke the dock away from the pilings.
The job cost $214,000, said Paul Robbins Jr., public affairs and partnerships staff officer for the Tongass National Forest in Ketchikan.
The dock had been closed since the December 2024 windstorm knocked down a large tree that split the wooden gangway between the dock and shore, ripping through its planking and railing.
Roosevelt, about a 12-mile boat ride southwest of Wrangell’s downtown harbor, is a popular access point to Zarembo for hunters and recreation users. There is a parking lot and road access to the Forest Service Deep Bay public-use cabin.
Juneau-based Carver Construction was the contractor on the job, which also included replacing all of the rotted and rusted attachments that connect the floating dock to pilings.
