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Photo courtesy of North Woods Conservancy
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Merganser Pond, a North Woods Conservancy site, contains 400 acres, about half of which is rich, botanically diverse coastal wetland including a ridge-swale system and the pond itself. You may spot trumpeter swans, sandhill cranes, bald eagle, otter, mink, muskrat, beaver, or perhaps a common or hooded merganser. No fee. Fire, camping, hunting, fishing, trapping and motor vehicles are prohivited west of Five Mile Point Road. Bow and crossbow deer hunting and motor vehicles (on established roadways only) are permitted in the uplands east of Five Mile Point Road. Visit the website for information and a printable map.Directions: The Merganser Pond property is bisected by Five Mile Point Road (7 miles from Ahmeek on US-41) and the first .6 miles of Sunset Bay Road traverses this natural area. You can also access the property from several other small unnamed roads off Five Mile Point Road and from the Copper Country State Forest land on the south side of the west half of this property.Open daily during daylight hours.
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