McCormick Wilderness

McCormick Wilderness
McCormick Wilderness
IUCN Category Ib (Wilderness Area)
Map showing the location of McCormick Wilderness
Map showing the location of McCormick Wilderness
Location Baraga County, Marquette County, Michigan, USA
Nearest city L'Anse, Michigan
Coordinates 46°41′04″N 88°00′08″W / 46.68444°N 88.00222°W / 46.68444; -88.00222Coordinates: 46°41′04″N 88°00′08″W / 46.68444°N 88.00222°W / 46.68444; -88.00222
Area 17,000 acres (69 km2)
Governing body U.S. Forest Service
Official website

The McCormick Wilderness is a United States Wilderness Area located in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. It covers an area of about 17,000 acres (69 km2) and is located 3 miles (4.8 km) east of the Baraga-Marquette county line.[1] It is one of three such areas in the Ottawa National Forest, the others being the Sturgeon River Gorge Wilderness and the Sylvania Wilderness.

The McCormick Wilderness contains sections of the headwaters of the Huron, Dead, Peshekee, and Yellow Dog Rivers.[1]

Although the area was logged until the early twentieth century, conifers and northern hardwoods have now been developed. Moose have been reintroduced into the area.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Mohlenbrock, Robert H. (2006). This Land: A Guide to Eastern National Forests, pp. 159-60. University of California Press.

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