OLYMPIC
The Evolution and Diversification of Native Land Use Systems on the Olympic Peninsula
A Research Design
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APPENDIX C
ROCKSHELTERS IN THE OLYMPICS WITH POTENTIAL FOR PRESERVATION OF FAUNAL REMAINS


Place NameDescription

Happy Hollow

Upper Elwha—2 km beyond Chicago Camp; Described as "a cavelike recess beneath an overhanging rock wall (that) has provided hikers with emergency shelter on more than one occasion (Wood 1984:44.)."

Dodger Lakes

Upper Elwha; "...to the west, away from the trail, the spelunker can find a cave to explore (Wood 1984:63)."

Shelter Rock

Royal Basin of the Upper Elwha; located at the edge of a meadow where a "huge chunk of pillow lava overhangs on the west side. The campsite beneath it can accomodate a number of people, and during storms hikers sometimes take refuge here (Wood 1984:111)."

Soda Springs

On Dosewallips Trail 0.9 km beyond Dose Forks; described as a mineral lick that attracts deer and other animals (Wood 1984:135).

Unnamed Cave

Hamma Hamma Basin on Jefferson Ridge Trail; described as a hiking hazard—"a deep cave or hole right beside the trail, where one can look straight down (Wood 1984: 170)."

Goblin Gates

Lower Elwha Basin; according to Robert Wood (personal communication), there is a cave in this vicinity that was described to him by Galen Hunt.



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