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Barneys Lake Fen

Also Barney's Lake Fen

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Locator map: Barneys Lake Fen highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago
Locator plate © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0); depths NOAA; names USGS GNIS. How the plates are drawn.
TypeWetland
Coordinates45.7099° N, 85.5585° WGoogle MapsDownload KML
WithinBeaver Island · Barney’s Lake
ErasModern era
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Locator map: Barneys Lake Fen highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago
Locator plate © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0); depths NOAA; names USGS GNIS. How the plates are drawn.
Wetland
Coordinates
45.7099° N, 85.5585° WGoogle MapsDownload KML
Eras
Modern era
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Beaver Island · Barney’s Lake

Summary

Barneys Lake Fen lies at the southeast end of Barneys Lake, southeast of the public boat launch. The 2006 study describes it as Beaver Island’s only fen, reachable by walking and dominated by sedges and rushes, with sundews along the edge and cedar and tamarack behind it.

Evidence limits

The coordinates are the study’s approximate endpoints reduced to an approximate center; they are not a surveyed wetland boundary.

Sources

See the sources block above.

Sources

  1. Beth E. Leuck and Edwin E. Leuck, "Barney's Lake Fen," Beaver Beacon, August 2006.
    Identifies the site as Beaver Island's only fen, gives approximate east and west coordinates, describes walking access from the public boat launch, and records sedges, rushes, sundews, white cedar, and tamarack. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2006-08_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue scan confirms the wetland description and photographs.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2006-08_Beaver-Beacon

Added 5 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Barneys Lake Fen”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/places/barneys-lake-fen/, accessed [date], citing Beth E. Leuck and Edwin E. Leuck, "Barney's Lake Fen," Beaver Beacon, August 2006. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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