Muskrat

Muskrat. Station 14. From this vantage point, you can see the land formations described by explorer Joseph N. Nicollet and John Fremont when they camped at Oakwood Lakes in 1838. In Nicollet's words, "Wood is less scarce here. It is on all the tongues of land which separate the lakes from one another.", The point due west across Johnson Lake is near the boyhood home of Paul Errington, nationally famous wildlife management teacher and author of books on muskrat management. His writings often refer to his younger days spent researching the life and habitat of muskrats near Goodfellow Island, the closest land you see to the west., The lakes in the Oakwood group average from 7 to 10 feet deep. This shallow depth often results in winterkill. Deep snow accumulates on ice, retarding sunlight needed to produce oxygen for the fish., Muskrat