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12-62 Magee Marsh Wildlife Area – A Feature of the Great Black Swamp

Side A: A dense swamp forest roughly the size of the state of Connecticut once stretched across this region of Ohio and Indiana. A remnant of ancient Lake Maumee, this dense, soggy flatland supported abundant waterfowl and wildlife, but blocked travel and settlement and remained largely uninhabited until it was cleared and drained for agriculture between 1860 and 1885. This marsh and other scatter remnants are all that remain of the Great Black Swamp. Managed for a variety of wetland wildlife, Magee is one of the premier bird watching sites in North America, with more than 300 species.
Side B: Same
Sponsors: The Ohio Bicentennial Commission, Ohio Department of Natural Resources, The International Paper Company Foundation, and The Ohio Historical Society
Address: 13229 OH 2, 
Oak Harbor, 
OH, 
43449
Location: On the N side of the Crane Creek Wildlife Research parking lot
Latitude: 41.6115740
Longitude: -83.1884660