Steven Dutch, Natural and Applied Sciences, University
of Wisconsin - Green Bay
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Witches Gulch is most easily accessed by turning west onto River Road from SH 13 opposite County Q. The turnoff for the gulch is a short distance south of the end of River Road. Admission in 2005 was $3. |
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The road enters a narrow canyon just before the ticket booth.
Witches Gulch is a slot canyon to rival anything in Canyonlands. In many
places it is easily possible to touch both sides of the canyon. Even on a bright, sunny day, it's dark in the gulch. |
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Henry Hamilton Bennett, pioneer photographer, discovered, pictured and named many of the scenic spots including this, the Witches Gulch.
George H. Crandall and his wife, Nellie Bennett Crandall, here acquired, preserved and reforested hundreds of acres surrounding the river. They held it in trust for you, declaring "No one can own the Dells."
Phyllis Crandall Connor and Lois Crandal Musson, with their husbands, Ralph W. Connor and H. Howard Musson, transferred these properties in 1954 to the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation that they might be kept beautiful for posterity.
[The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation is a private, non-profit corporation that manages inventions and discoveries at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.]
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Left and below: Witches Window is a natural tunnel in the wall of the gulch. |
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Left and below: the lower half of the boardwalk is two to three meters above the floor of the gulch. |
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Left: looking up the canyon walls. The white object is an overexposed flash image of one of the torches along the boardwalk. |
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Left: looking up the canyon walls. |
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Left: looking toward the ticket booth. |
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Left and below: Potholes are numerous in the gulch. |
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Left and below: a small waterfall, Witches Falls, drops into a series of potholes called Witches Bathtub. |
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Lower entrance to the gulch. Below are close-ups of the large crossbeds at lower right. |
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Left and below: tour boats can sail up the creek and dock at the entrance. Note the extreme eutrophication of the water. |
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