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Pokagon State Park was created in 1925. Through fundraising efforts, the citizens of the county purchased the first 580 acres (2.3 km 2 ), much of it farmland, on the shores of Lake James. The county citizens donated this land to the Department of Conservation, State of Indiana, which added two additional parcels the following year, bringing ...
Pokagon State Park, originally named Lake James State Park when it was proposed in 1925, is located by the lake. [65] As of 2003, the park's forest consists of sugar and red maple trees, and has an average density of 155 trees per 1 acre (0.40 ha). The park has its own swamps and marshes - many are spring-fed. [66]
5. Pokagon State Park. Pokagon State Park, a little over an hour east of South Bend off of I-69, in Angola, Ind., had about 710,000 visitors last year and is Indiana’s fifth state park.
The CCC Shelter, also known as the Combination Shelter, is a historic park shelter located at Pokagon State Park in Jamestown Township, Steuben County, Indiana. It is a stone and wood building and was constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps in 1935/36. Although a low, wide roof gives some protection against rain and snow, the shelter is ...
The first state park in Indiana was McCormick's Creek State Park, in Owen County in 1916, followed in the same year by Turkey Run State Park in Parke County. The number of state parks rose steadily in the 1920s, mostly by donations of land from local authorities to the state government. Of the initial twelve parks, only Muscatatuck State Park ...
The interpretive center located in Pokagon State Park, Angola, Indiana, contains animals and displays about Pokagon and its surrounding areas. It is staffed by full-time and part-time naturalists. It is staffed by full-time and part-time naturalists.
Pokagon Nature Center: Angola: Steuben: Northern Indiana: Located in 1,260-acre Pokagon State Park, animals and displays about Pokagon and its surrounding areas Potato Creek State Park: North Liberty: St. Joseph: Northern Indiana: 3,840 acres, nature center includes live animals Rum Village Nature Center: South Bend: St. Joseph: Northern Indiana
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