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Sawbill Lake
Sawbill Lake is a lake in Cook County, Minnesota, Cook County, Minnesota. The closest town to Sawbill Lake is Tofte Township, Cook County, Minnesota, Tofte. It is a popular entry point (number 38) to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in the Superior National Forest. ''Sawbill'' is a nickname of the common merganser duck. There is a United States Forest Service cabin, a canoe outfitter, and a campground located at the southern end of the lake. During the Great Depression there was a Civilian Conservation Corps camp six miles south of the lake. Sawbill has portages connecting it to Smoke Lake (Minnesota), Smoke Lake, Kelso Lake (Minnesota), Kelso Lake, Ada Creek and Alton Lake. Wildlife At Sawbill Lake, there are moose, bears, bald eagles, and loons. References External linksSawbill Canoe Outfitters- Outfitter located on Sawbill Lake and operates Forest Service Sawbill Lake CampgroundSawbill Lake on the BWCAWiki [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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''Mergus'' is the genus of the typical mergansers , fish-eating ducks in the subfamily Anatinae. The genus name is a Latin word used by Pliny the Elder and other Ancient Rome, Roman authors to refer to an unspecified waterbird. The common merganser (''Mergus merganser'') and red-breasted merganser (''M. serrator'') have broad ranges in the northern hemisphere. The Brazilian merganser (''M. octosetaceus'') is a South American duck, and one of the six most Threatened species, threatened waterfowl in the world, with possibly fewer than 250 birds in the wild. The scaly-sided merganser or "Chinese merganser" (''M. squamatus'') is an endangered species. It lives in temperate East Asia, breeding in the north and wintering in the south. The hooded merganser (''Lophodytes cucullatus'', formerly known as ''Mergus cucullatus'') is not of this genus but is closely related. The other "aberrant" merganser, the smew (''Mergellus albellus''), is phylogenetics, phylogenetically closer to golde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
