Thursday, 10 August 2017
It’s a “Trees” day. We headed up north to visit the “Lost Forty” -- a section of virgin timber that was not logged due to a surveying error. Since we were in the vicinity, we also decided to go to the headwaters of the Mississippi in Itasca State Park.
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| The “Lost Forty” is a stand of virgin timber in the Chippewa National Forest. A surveying error showed it at the bottom of a lake, so it was not logged in the early 20th century. The large white and red pines are 300-400 years old. |
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| Despite their age, the harsh growing conditions of the north woods mean that they are not that large in diameter compared to trees I’m familiar with in the south. Lon is standing next to one of the largest white pines. |
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| Looking up into the canopy of a large white pine. |
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| Another white pine canopy. |
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| Sue (and few hundred other visitors) rock-hop across the beginning of the “Mighty Mississippi” as it flows out of Lake Itasca. |
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