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Crow Wing State Forest
State Park Information
State Park Overview
Nature of the Area
Original vegetation included oak forests and barrens interspersed with pine and prairie openings. Conifer bogs and wet prairies occupied the depressions in the regions landscape. Today, visitors experience an oak forest -spen, jack, red pine, white pine, prairies and
wetlands.
Crow Wing is located in the far northwestern corner of the Mississippi River Sand Plains region. This region was formed by the drainage of the glacial Lake Grantsburg. As the lake drained, the meltwaters formed a series of coalescing outwash plains wherever the ice exposed low ground. In this way, the vast sandplain was formed -lso receiving water from the diverted Mississippi River. Small lake plains were formed here, in addition to the outwash plains of Lake Grantsburg.
Park visitors enjoy seeing white-tailed deer browsing at the forest edge beaver, muskrat and
waterfowl in the wetlands and waterways and eagles and hawks flying along the riverway. The careful observer may catch a glimpse of a coyote or fox, while the ever-present songbirds add something special to a family outing.
History of the Area
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Crow Wing State Forest