Widewaters Site

Address Restricted, Escanaba, Michigan. County/parish: Alger.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places June 27, 2014. NRIS 14000368.

Part of Woodland Period Interior Archaeological Sites of the Indian River and Fishdam Basins, Upper Peninsula of Michigan, ca. A.D. 1-A.D.1600 MPS (NRIS 64501209).

1 contributing site.

Also known as:

• 20AR245
• FS 09-10-03-667

From Wikipedia:

Widewaters site

The Widewaters site, also designated 20AR245 , is an archaeological site located in Alger County, Michigan. The site dates from the Woodland period, and is situated on a terrace above the Indian River about 30 ft (9.1 m) from the water, about 0.62 mi (1 km) from the Bar Lake site. It was used as a camp, and is near a stand of wild rice. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.

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