Susie Island

 

 

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About
  
     
 

Ownership

  
 

Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa

  
     
 

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Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa

  
     
 

Overview

  
 

Susie Island is closed to the public. The island is best viewed from a boat, or from an overlook in Grand Portage State Park. Permission must be obtained from the Grand Portage Reservation. The nearest public water access is in Grand Portage at the end of Marina Road.

  
     
 

History

  
 

In 1971 The Nature Conservancy (TNC) purchased the southern portion of Susie Island. Sometimes called Big Susie Island, it is the largest of the thirteen islands that make up the Susie Islands. In the 1980s TNC made several other purchases, eventually acquiring all of Susie Island. In 2016 TNC began the process of transferring the island to the Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa. The transfer was completed in 2017.

  
     
 

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Size

  
 

145 acres

  
         
 

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Public Water Access
N47 57.353, W89 41.370

  
         
 

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          Cook County  
          Northeast Minnesota  
     
 
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Native Plant Communities*

    
 

Not mapped (10/11/2021)

    
  * Source: The Minnesota Biological Survey, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Division of Ecological Resources      
         
 

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Fungi and Lichens

  
 

Five fungi and lichen species with conservation status in Minnesota have been seen here:
Endangered

Punctured Rock Tripe (Umbilicaria torrefacta)
Threatened

Frayed Ramalina Lichen (Ramalina roesleri)
Special Concern

Concentric Ring Lichen (Arctoparmelia centrifuga)

Methuselah’s Beard Lichen (Usnea longissima)

Ragbag Lichen (Platismasunbursttia glauca)
 
 

Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas Lichens List (Susie Islands)

  
         
 

Plants

  
 

Sixteen plant species with conservation status in Minnesota are found here:
Endangered

bitter fleabane (Erigeron acris var. kamtschaticus)

black crowberry (Empetrum nigrum)

elegant groundsel (Packera indecora)

knotted pearlwort (Sagina nodosa ssp. borealis)

northern spikemoss (Selaginella selaginoides)

Norwegian whitlowgrass (Draba norvegica var. norvegica)

purple crowberry (Empetrum atropurpureum)

wild chives (Allium schoenoprasum)
Threatened

alpine bistort (Polygonum viviparum)

wavy hairgrass (Deschampsia flexuosa)
Special Concern

common butterwort (Pinguicula vulgaris ssp. vulgaris)

creeping juniper (Juniperus horizontalis)

Hudson Bay eyebright (Euphrasia hudsoniana var. ramosior)

intermediate sedge (Carex media)

snowline wintergreen (Pyrola minor)

spike trisetum (Trisetum spicatum)
 
 

Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas and Minnesota Biological Survey Vegetation Releves Plant List (Susie Islands)

  
         

 

 

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