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Worksheet 1. Site 7: A Drive Through Lake Hitchcock

 

1. Why were the houses of Old Deerfield built on Main Street? Explain your answer.

 

 

 

 

 

2. What happens to make the floodplains surrounding Main Street in Old Deerfield so fertile?

 

 

 

 

 

3. From what you have read, what are the terraces mentioned in the article? Where can you see them?

 

 

 

 

 

 

4. What does the bottom of Lake Hitchcock look like today?