You hike back along the trail you came in on, looking for signs of a cabin. In the area where you think the cabin should be, you see the scene shown to the right (photo 1). As you wander around this area, you find tools and pieces of wood that could have been part of the cabin scattered about.
Here is another view of this area, from farther up the valley (photo 2). Note the vegetation patterns. Gunsight Lake is in the lower left corner of the photo and the stream is the Saint Mary River.
Take a look at the 1;100,000 topographic map of the Gunsight Lake area to help you locate where the photos were taken from, and the landscape they show. Once you have oriented yourself, you can close the extra window.

1. The vegetation in the two photos appears to have been disturbed. How has it been disturbed, and are there any patterns to the disturbance?
   
   
2. Take a look at the surficial geology map. What do you see in the region near the cabin that might explain what happened to the cabin? Close this window when you are finished with this question.
   
   
3. Based on the evidence you have, why do you think the cabin is no longer in existence?
   
   
4. Look at the 1:24,000 topographic map of Gunsight Lake (this should be open in a separate window). What evidence on this map supports your contention?

Created February 26, 1999 by Karen A. Lemke (klemke@uwsp.edu). Last updated March 8, 1999 by KAL.
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