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McMahon Lake Strangmoor
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Recognition: |
The Nature Conservancy Natural Areas Registry |
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| Size: |
1770 acres |
| Location:
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North-central
Luce County, 15 miles north of Newberry |
| Management: |
Lake Superior State Forest |
| Activities:
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Hiking,
hunting, photography, nature study |
Importance:
The patterned peatland found here is called strangmoor, or string bog, a landscape form
unique to far northern latitudes where climate favors peat formation and flowing water abounds. This kind
of peatland is known from Scandinavia, North Eurasia, Alaska, North Manitoba, south of St. James Bay
(Ontario), and in the upper Great Lakes region. Only 11 strangmoors are known from Michigan; this is the third
largest (the largest is outside of Seney National Wildlife Refuge) and displays the longest strings known (strings
are elevated ridges which alternate with troughs—together they give strangmoor its characteristic
patterning). |
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