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Hiawatha National Forest

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Named after Longfellow's poem, "The Song of Hiawatha," this forest is in the central and eastern Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The forest, which touches the shores of three Great Lakes, covers 880,000 acres. It is divided into a western unit, with offices in Rapid River, Munising and Manistique, and an eastern unit with offices in Sault Ste. Marie and St. Ignace.

Many visitors come to the forest to enjoy Grand Island National Recreation Area, several wildernesses, its numerous trails, camping, hunting and fishing. You can camp at primitive and developed campsites, canoe and kayak on the Indian, Sturgeon, AuTrain, Carp or Whitefish rivers and fish in the rivers and on Bevoort Lake for brown trout and salmon.

The North Country Trail extends for 90 miles through this forest connecting lakes Michigan and Superior.

Location: 2727 North Lincoln Road, Escanaba Michigan 49829 Telephone 906-786-4062

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