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The maximum depth of the lake is around thirty feet. [4] The lake and park are named for the burr oak tree, a variety of oak. The area of the park is 2,593 acres (1,049 ha), while that of the lake is 664 acres (269 ha). The park was dedicated in 1952. [3] The park borders the Wayne National Forest and the Sunday Creek State Wildlife Area.
Call: Eastman Lake 689-3255; Valley Rod & Gun, Clovis (559) 292-3474; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Hensley Lake Hidden Dam (559) 673-5151. Lake Don Pedro Bass 2 Trout 2 Kokanee 2 King salmon 2 ...
Little Bay de Noc is a bay in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. The bay opens into Lake Michigan's Green Bay. The bay, consisting of approximately 30,000 acres (120 km 2), is enclosed by Delta County. The cities of Escanaba and Gladstone are on the west side of the bay and the Stonington Peninsula is on the east side.
Tom Jenkins Dam, constructed on the East Branch in Athens County in 1950 by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, forms Burr Oak Lake, the site of Burr Oak State Park. [1] [10] [11] In Glouster, Sunday Creek collects the West Branch Sunday Creek, [12] 14 miles (22.5 km) long, [7] which rises in Perry County and flows generally southwardly. [1]
The West Virginia state champion bur oak has a trunk diameter of almost 3 m (10 ft). Large bur oaks, older than 12 years, [11] are fire-tolerant because of their thick bark. [10] One of the bur oak's most common habitats, especially in Midwestern United States, is the oak savanna, where fires often occurred in early spring or late fall. Without ...
Kitch-iti-kipi spring is one of the major tourist attractions on Michigan's Upper Peninsula. [4] It is located in Thompson Township within Schoolcraft County just northwest of the city of Manistique. It is also within Palms Book State Park.
The Huron River is a 7.6-mile-long (12.2 km) river [1] in the northern Upper Peninsula of Michigan in the United States. Locally, it is commonly called the Big Huron River to distinguish it from the nearby Little Huron River. Another much larger Huron River is in Southeast Michigan.
The Upper Peninsula's mines produced more mineral wealth than the California Gold Rush, especially after shipping was improved by the opening of the Soo Locks in 1855 and docks in Marquette in 1859. The Upper Peninsula supplied 90% of America's copper by the 1860s.