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North Tahquamenon M-123 Bay 1 Lone Pine Access Site M28 From the end of the access road, overlooking Tahquamenon Bay, you can see Emerson Island. The island was the 5 Timberlost Road site of a large sawmill from 1882 to This sandy forest road offers some of 1912.This is a great place to play in the the park's best blueberry picking. When warm, shallow waters of inner Whitefish the berries are ripe, black bears, red Bay. Early mornings and late evenings foxes, coyotes and other animals can be are the best times to look for moose in seen. This road has loose sand, 8 Clark Lake this area. encroaching brush and two-way traffic. The one-mile “two-track” road to 2 Emerson Foot Trail Drive this road at your own risk. Clark Lake is the only road access This trail passes through black spruce 6 Water Tank Lakes into the Tahquamenon Natural Area. and shrub swamp following the road that This group of lakes offers outstanding This road has loose sand and two-way leads to the abandoned sawmill town of early morning and evening landscape traffic. Drive at your own risk. From Emerson. It is one mile to the lake. views, which can include a variety of the end of the road, follow the foot 3 Mouth of the Tahquamenon River wildlife. These lakes fill in the spring trail for about one-half mile to Clark From the boat launch site, the access site from the melting snow pack and Lake. Waterfowl, sandhill cranes, on the north side of the bridge and the typically lose their water through the osprey, black bear and an occasional picnic site on Whitefish Bay, you can summer. moose also might be seen from this spot waterfowl, bald eagles, osprey, river 7 Lower Tahquamenon Falls vantage point. Betsy Lake can be otter and other wildlife. The sandy The Lower Falls area offers a variety of accessed by canoeing across Clark shoreline is a great place to hike and wildlife viewing, hiking and fishing Lake to the northwest shore, then play in the water. Yellow perch fishing opportunities. The pool below the falls portaging about one-half mile to the can be outstanding from the boat launch. provides exciting fishing opportunities east shore of Betsy Lake 4 Northern Peatlands for walleye, northern pike and musky. 9 Upper Tahquamenon Falls Sphagnum moss dominates the wetlands Upstream from the falls, for about a The Upper Falls area offers a glimpse in this part of the park, creating what is mile, the rapids hold brown trout that of Michigan's pre-settlement forests. termed a “northern peatland.” Moose are easily fished while wading. Bald In this 1,500-acre old growth forest, often are seen here. Sandhill cranes, eagles often fish the rapids around the you can hear the songs of warblers spruce grouse, black-backed falls in the early morning. Come and thrushes as their sweet sounds woodpeckers, pine martens and black evening the common nighthawk joins filter down through centuries of bears also are seen in this part of the the belted kingfisher and river otter in woodland growth as you walk the trail park. making a living off the river. to the Upper Falls.