Field of Archie Gillis (Eigg Mountain Settlement History)  (Map Location)

 

Figure 1 – Panorama of a former field overgrown with white spruce.  August 9, 2015.

 

This is not exactly an even-aged stand.  The large foreground trees grew up first – singly and well-spaced (you can tell by the intact lower branches).  A younger generation followed.