Photo Gallery - Page 3

The new Lake Vermilion State Park, in the NE corner of the lake, will begin construction in 2013.

Nine shore lunch sites, like this one in Bystrom Bay, are scattered around the lake for daytime picnics.

The hen goldeneye pauses to look around as she leaves the next box during incubation.

Evening grosbeak checks out the sunflower seeds in the summer.

Mallards are everywhere, especially if you toss them corn each morning. This family hatched in late June.

Spruce and ruffed grouse live here year round. Our birch buds and crabapples help in the winter.

Catching crayfish at the shore is fun for the kids. And they're not that scary to hold.

Great Horned Owl checks out our beach at sunset looking for an easy meal.