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Discover the Rare Features in These Scientific & Natural Areas
FYI on SNAs: On Sugarloaf Point near Taconite Harbor, Minnesota, a rugged shoreline testifies to basalt lava flows dating more than 1 billion years ago. And on part of Minnesota Point in Duluth, red and white pines ranging from 150 to 270 years old dominate a unique forest amid the sandy beaches.
These landscapes represent two of more than 160 of the state’s public nature preserves called scientific and natural areas or SNAs. Ten of those special sites are on or near Lake Superior from Duluth stretching up the North Shore.
Among the SNAs on the North Shore, Iona’s Beach and Sugarloaf Point – along with the one on Minnesota Point – are probably the most accessible. Sugarloaf Point is adjacent to Sugarloaf Cove Nature Center northeast of Little Marais.
“I think the highlight at Sugarloaf is the beach
Continue to read this article in Lake Superior Magazine.
