NATURAL AREAS AND REGIONS 



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hardwoods, coniferous forests, swamps, 

 and bogs. Includes sand ridges, low 

 mountains, medium-sized lakes, small 

 streams, and a considerable stretch of 

 the shore of Lake Superior. Is being 

 preserved in its natural condition. 

 Some shooting in season. Marciuette 

 County, 10 mi. northwest of Big Bay 

 (station). Owned and controlled by the 

 Huron Mountain Club. 



*Warren Dunes. (18.) 293 acres of 

 dunes along the shore of Lake Michigan, 

 part covered by forest and part by 

 shifting dunes. Includes a considerable 

 strip of lake beach, and several small 

 pools. One mi. north of Sawyer, Ber- 

 rien County. Preserved in its natural 

 conditions, under management of Ed- 

 ward K. Warren Foundation, Three Oaks. 



* Warren Woods. (C4.) About 200 

 acres, part in native beech-maple forest, 

 with flood-plain forest, and a sluggish, 

 sandy-bottomed stream. About half in 

 cleared fields reverting to wild con- 

 ditions. One of the few forests of beech 

 and maple still intact near the head of 

 Lake Michigan. 4 mi. north of Three 

 Oaks, Berrien County. Preserved in 

 natural conditions, under the Edward 

 K. Warren Foundation, Three Oaks. 



*Grand Island. (A3.) 14,000 acres, 

 the whole island except about 100 acres 

 in clearing, and the immediate vicinity 

 of the hotel and cottages. In native 

 forest, mostl}^ hardwoods and conifers. 

 Roads and trails have been constructed, 

 and elk and white-tail deer have been 

 introduced, as well as some birds and 

 fish. A small lake in the middle of the 

 island. In Lake Superior (Alger County) 

 one mi. from the nearest mainland, and 

 3^ mi. north of Munising. Owned and 

 controlled by the Cleveland-Cliffs Iron 

 Co., Negaunee. — L. R. Dice. 



* Enmielt County Game Refuge. About 

 8000 acres, beginning about two mi. 

 southwest of Cecil. Includes sand and 

 gravel shores of Lake Michigan, and 

 sand dunes of varying height. Forest 

 mostly of fir, arbor vitae, and white 

 spruce, all about 40 years old. A little 

 Norway pine and hardwood, few bogs. 

 Tern rookery on an island. 



2 mi. S.W. Cecil; automobile.— L. 

 R. Dice. 



*Fletcher State Park. IGO acres on 

 north branch of Thunder Bay River 

 in Posen Twp., Presque Isle County. 

 Has some virgin hardwood. — L. R. Dice. 



*Mackinac Island Park. 1015 acres, 

 consisting of the Military Reservation 

 connected with "Old Fort Mackinac" 

 on Mackinac Island. 



Mackinac City, boat. — L. R. Dice. 



* Young Stale Park, .\bout 230 acres 

 on Pine Lake, Charlevoix County. 

 Mostly covered with aspen second- 

 growth. Sand and gravel beach. 



Boyne City, 3 mi. West, (a).— y^. R. 

 Dice. 



*Cedar Hill State Park. 260 acres, 

 in Jackson, Washtenaw, and Lenawee 

 counties. Second-growth timber. Lakes. 



Manchester, 7 mi. S. (a). — L. R. Dice. 



*Burl Lake State Park. Will comprise 

 eventually 500 acres. On south side of 

 Burt Lake, Cheboygan County. In- 

 cludes shore line. The area consists 

 of cut-over and burned-over land, with 

 at present a jack pine and second- 

 growth cover. The location is central 

 for work by boat in any part of the 

 chain of lakes. Boats are available, 

 and camping places are provided. 

 I mi. west of Indian River (Michigan 

 Contra! R. R.).— C. IF. Creascr. 



*Onaway State Park. 152 acres. Has 

 second-growth hardwood and some ar- 

 bor-vitae. On foot of Black Lake. 



4^ mi. N. Onway. — L. R. Dice. 



*Intcrlochen State Park. (C4.) 200 

 acres in Green Lake Township of Grand 

 Traverse County. Part in virgin white 

 and Norway pine forest nearly in natural 

 condition. Oaks and other hardwoods 

 l)resent on part of tract. Shores of 

 Duck Lake and Green Lake. One mi. 

 south Interlochen (on foot). — W. G. 

 Waterman {Mich. Acad. Sci. Rept., 

 191S). 



The following state parks are mainly 

 tourist camps, and in general have little 

 of ecological interest: 



Day State Park. 32 acres, Leelanaw 

 County. 



