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IN 4. Marsh Lake. Acreage: 70. 



Location: Steuben County; Jamestown Twp.; Angola East Quadrangle; reached 

 via Rt. 27, turning E on Feather Valley Road just N of the entrance to Pokagon 

 State Park for 0.8 mile. Entrance through driveway of the Ray Clark farm. 



Description: Marsh Lake is probably the largest lake in the state suitable for 

 preservation as a Natural Area. The water is calcareous. Substantial stands of 

 tamarack occur at the eastern and western ends of the lake. An extensive bog is 

 at the eastern end. The lake margins are surrounded by a shrub zone of red- 

 osier dogwood, shrubby cinquefoil, dwarf birch, tamarack, poison sumac, 

 peach-leaved willow, nannyberry, elderberry, Care.x comosa, other sedges, pur- 

 ple meadowrue, dogbane, marsh pea, and jewel weed. A sedge meadow, an 

 emergent marsh zone, and floating and submerged aquatics add numerous spe- 

 cies. The alga Hydrodictyon is more common here than elsewhere in the state. 



References: Natural areas in Indiana and their preservation, p. 426-428. 



Encroachments: An access drive on the Clark property and two houses and a 

 house trailer on the southwest side are the only developments. 



Ownership: Eaton Springs Trout Club and Ray Clark (south shore). Property of 

 Mr. Clark and of Wing Haven & Pristine Valley south of Marsh Lake are 

 designated wildlife refuges. 



Data source: Dr. Alton A. Lindsey, Department of Biological Science, Purdue 

 University, Lafayette, Ind. 47900. 





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