Cultural Interest Locations

As a result of the early 1854 establishment of the Fond du Lac Indian Reservation, much of the original 2660 acres of land acquired to create the Cloquet Forestry Center was not available for pioneer settlement. This allowed for establishment of the Center before the land could be parceled for homesteading. Therefore, most of the land now making up the Center has always been forest land. Later acquisitions of property include some areas that were used as homesteads or for other purposes.

Cultural interest locations on the Cloquet forest are areas where past human activity created land uses that may impact field research results or may have current or future archaeological value. These locations are pioneer homestead building foundations, the original forestry field camp at Blair field, the early 1900s logging camp, old logging railroad grades, forested old farm fields, and abandoned gravel pits. For cultural and scientific purposes these sites are identified and documented in the forest data base.

Figure 7 identifies cultural interest locations on the Center. For viewing past land uses, 1939 and subsequent aerial photography is available at the Center or can be acquired through the Center's electronic Geographic Information System (GIS). Information related to the identified cultural locations is on file at the Center.

Figure 7: Cultural Interest Locations
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