HistoriCorps: Duck Bay Shelter, IL 2025

Join us on the banks of Lake Glendale, as we restore a local CCC-era treasure – the Duck Bay Shelter!

PROJECT PARTNER: Shawnee National Forest

SESSION DATES: October 19-24 and October 26-31

CAPACITY PER SESSION: 7 Volunteers + 1 Kitchen Helper

PROJECT SUPERVISORS: Ryan Prochaska

CREW LEADER: Colby Baker-Thayer

Scope of Work

HistoriCorps is committed to educating and training volunteers in preservation skills, with an overarching mission of inspiring a preservation ethic in all those involved. Learning and working alongside expert HistoriCorps field staff and other volunteers while applying the traditional skills necessary to restore the Duck Bay Shelter, you will assist to:

• Perform concrete work on the shelter
• Log framing for the shelter
• Apply appropriate treatment methods for new log and timber
• Roofing work, such as roofing structure and cedar shingle installation
• Complete window work on the shelter
• Perform log carpentry work

Please note: Tasks vary by day and by week, depending on a variety of factors including: weather, project priorities, previous groups’ work, and more. Though it is likely you will get to learn and practice most or all of the above tasks, it is not guaranteed. The higher percentage of the scope a particular task is, the more likely you will get to practice it.

Click here to learn more about this volunteer opportunity and registration!