THE BIOLOGICAL STATION OF THE 
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN 
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A Station for Instruction and Research in Biology 
will be maintained by the University of Michigan, for 
the fifth season, as a part of its regular Summer Session, 
during the eight weeks from July I to August 22, inclu- 
sive, 1913. 
LOCATION: 
The Station is located near the Bogardus Engineer- 
ing Camp of the University on a tract of about 1,666 acres 
of land owned by the University and stretching from 
Douglas Lake to Burt Lake in Cheboygan County, Mich- 
igan, 17 miles south of the Straits of Mackinac. This 
region, diversified by hills and valleys, was formerly 
covered by forests of hardwoods and conifers. Small 
tracts of the former still remain. It contains many lakes 
of clear water, unsurpassed in the state for size, depth, 
and beauty of setting. The elevation of the camp, be- 
tween one and two hundred feet above Lake Michigan, 
insures cool nights and makes the location favorable for 
hay fever sufferers. 
Six miles to the west of the camp on the Grand Rap- 
ids and Indiana Railway is the nearest railway station, 
Pellston, a town of some 1,300 inhabitants with a bank 
and a variety of retail establishments. Fifteen miles to 
the northeast is Cheboygan on the Michigan Central 
Railway. A state road connects these points and passes 
near the station. Except for two small summer resorts 
on Douglas Lake the region for miles about is almost 
uninhabited. Douglas Jake is two and one-half miles 
wide and nearly four miles long. Its shores are every- 
