An Investigation of Cultural Resource Potentials in Areas of Proposed Harbor Projects, Erosion Control Projects, and Creek Rerouting in Ashland, Port Wing, Saxon Harbor, and Washburn Wisconsin.
Abstract
An investigation was made of the potential cultural resources located in the proposed shoreline erosion project and re-routing of Oronto Creek in the Saxon Harbor area of Iron Country, the shoreline erosion project near Port Wing and small boat harbor in Washburn, Bayfield Country, as well as the shoreline erosion project and proposed small boat harbor in Ashland, Ashland County. All of these areas are located on the south shore of Lake Superior in extreme northern Wisconsin. A literature search was carried out in order to discover if any already documented sites, either excavated or unexcavated, existed within the project areas as defined by the scope of work. Similar in some respects to a literature search was an examination of both historic and modern maps, as well as aerial photographs of the project areas in order to determine the presence of any former structures as well as to delimit the most probable terrain for areas of cultural resources. This report is descriptive, primarily, of the negative evidence encountered in all of the project areas.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Nov 15, 1977
- Accession Number
- ADA144068
Entities
People
- R. B. Lane