Sunday, July 3, 2011
Shoe Lake
Shoe Lake is nestled into the rolling white pine-clad hills of the "Greenwood country" in eastern Cook County. It's shoreline is rimmed with black spruce, northern white cedar, labrador, sphagnum moss and the occasional tamarack. Common to many lakes in the higher elevations of the Duluth Complex, Shoe Lake's outlet is bedrock controlled. The means that the lake's water level is trapped behind bedrock. The lake is shallow (just shy of 20 feet at it's deepest point) yet it supports a decent population of brook trout and splake (hybrid of brook and lake trout).
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Hi David and Amy
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing Shoe Lake with us.
Visiting Shoe Lake was like realizing the BWCA in miniature.
Amy, thank you for teaching the difference between the two basic pine trees.
David, thank you for sharing a canoe ride with me on this lovely little lake.
This was a day that i believe i shall always remember.