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Bay City State Recreation Area

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Bay City State Recreation Area contains Tobico Marsh, one of the largest freshwater coastal wetlands on the Great Lakes. Migratory birds commonly stop here due to the ideal cattail marshlands and oak savannah prairies. There is a mile of sandy shoreline along the lake.

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Lake Huron

Traditional Territories

Anishinaabeg
oθaakiiwaki‧hina‧ki (Sauk)

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Cession 111

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