Burntside State Forest

Burntside State Forest
Map showing the location of Burntside State Forest
Geography
Location Lake and Saint Louis counties, Minnesota, United States
Coordinates 47°55′11″N 92°06′05″W / 47.91972°N 92.10139°W / 47.91972; -92.10139Coordinates: 47°55′11″N 92°06′05″W / 47.91972°N 92.10139°W / 47.91972; -92.10139
Area 74,815 acres (30,277 ha)
Established 1905
Governing body United States Forest Service, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
Website www.dnr.state.mn.us/state_forests/sft00011/index.html
Ecology
WWF Classification Western Great Lakes Forests
EPA Classification Northern Lakes and Forests
Disturbance Wildfire
Dominant tree species Pinus banksiana, Populus tremuloides, Pinus strobus, Picea mariana, Abies balsamea

The Burntside State Forest is a state forest located near the town of Ely in Lake and Saint Louis counties, Minnesota. 82% of the forest land falls within the limits of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness to the north which belongs to the Superior National Forest, and thus falls under the federal jurisdiction of the United States Forest Service.

There are over 43 lakes in the forest, the rough topography of the area is due to its situation in the Laurentian Upland. There are six public accesses to the 7,313 acres (2,959 ha) Burntside Lake within the forest, which has substantial populations of walleye, lake trout, and the common loon.

Prior to the arrival of lumberjacks in the late nineteenth century, the majority of the forest was covered with young jack pine, a nearly unprofitable timber tree. The land speculators and lumberjacks left that area in 1874, after a wildfire destroyed what was left of trees nearing maturity and jack pine and aspen were established.[1]

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