Lost Lake Peatland SNA

   

Lost Lake Peatland SNA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Area and County

 

 

 

St. Louis County

 

 

 

 

 


Size

2,660 acres

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Maps

Map with GPS coordinates

 
Parking

N47 48.995 , W92 24.217

 
Hiking Trails

The 135 mile Arrowhead State Trail passes through this site.

 
Hunting

All trapping and hunting.

See Hunting and Trapping Regulations (MN DNR) for details.


Ecological Classification

Province

Laurentian Mixed Forest Province

Ecological Classification

Section

Northern Minnesota & Ontario Peatlands
Northern Superior Uplands

Subsection(s)

Border Lakes
Littlefork-Vermillion Uplands

Land Type Association(s)

Koochiching Peatlands

Vermilion Bedrock Complex

 
Native Plant Communities1 None or no information available
 
Natural Features

Coniferous forest, featureless water track, ribbed fen, raised bog, crested raised bog, yellow birch-white cedar forest


Ownership

Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

St. Louis County

 
Links

Minnesota DNR


Comments

Parking
Park at the Lost Lake Public Water Access on the southeast shore of Lost Lake at the end of County Road 458.

Most of this SNA is St. Louis County land.


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Plants

Two plant species with protected status in Minnesota are found here:

Special concern – coastal sedge (Carex exilis), moor rush (Juncus stygius var. americanus)

Minnesota DNR Plant List


Visits

9/6/2011

   
 

 

         

 

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