Copper Basin Mining District Historic Photographs

Description: A roast yard was once located in this area adjacent to the McPherson Branch of Burra Burra Creek. This is now the location of the wetlands demonstration project, which can be seen from the Ducktown Museum overlook. The barren landscape here is a reminder of the thousands of eroded acres that burdened area creeks and the Ocoee River with heavy sediment loads for many years. Though revegetation work has brought the erosion problem largely under control, aquatic life in the creeks and river must overcome habitat loss and water quality impacts from historic sediment deposits that remain.

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