Never understood why people prefer the Camp Office or Trappers in ML.

The dam is the best location in Mystery Lake for me. First of all you have a fence protecting you from wolves and a whole yard to walk and cook freely in. You have a workbench and I have worked through an aurora on said workbench harmlessly. The wires that can zap you do not extend to it. Then you have two trailers if sleeping in the dam is too creepy. I use one to cure guts and hides, the other to cure saplings and to store my extra stuff. You have immediate access to Coastal, Pleasant Valley and Bleak from the location you're in. You have more deers, bunnies and wolves than you know what to do with plus a possible moose spawn and you have cattails nearby if you're in a pinch. Then the Ravine. The best place in the entire game. Deer, bunnies and no wolves plus a warm af cave to cure cabin fever in. Oh and did I mention SO MUCH birch bark??The only downside is no bear but I can live with that and make a journey to Trappers.