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Pokagon State Park was created in 1925. Through fundraising efforts, the citizens of the county purchased the first 580 acres (2.3 km 2 ), much of it farmland, on the shores of Lake James. The county citizens donated this land to the Department of Conservation, State of Indiana, which added two additional parcels the following year, bringing ...
The original guard house at the end of SR 727, at the entrance to Pokagon State Park. This guard house, like many stone structures at Pokagon, was built by the Civilian Conservation Corps. Indiana State Road 727 (SR 727) is a very short east–west state highway in Indiana, lying entirely within Steuben County.
The first state park in Indiana was McCormick's Creek State Park, in Owen County in 1916, followed in the same year by Turkey Run State Park in Parke County. The number of state parks rose steadily in the 1920s, mostly by donations of land from local authorities to the state government. Of the initial twelve parks, only Muscatatuck State Park ...
5. Pokagon State Park. Pokagon State Park, a little over an hour east of South Bend off of I-69, in Angola, Ind., had about 710,000 visitors last year and is Indiana’s fifth state park.
Pokagon State Park, originally named Lake James State Park when it was proposed in 1925, is located by the lake. [65] As of 2003, the park's forest consists of sugar and red maple trees, and has an average density of 155 trees per 1 acre (0.40 ha). The park has its own swamps and marshes - many are spring-fed. [66]
The First Skate with the River City Rovers is at 10:25 a.m. Reindeer will be at the park from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Kids get free face painting from noon to 2 p.m. Meet Spark, Santa’s elves and ...
Located in 1,260-acre Pokagon State Park, animals and displays about Pokagon and its surrounding areas Potato Creek State Park: North Liberty: St. Joseph: Northern Indiana: 3,840 acres, nature center includes live animals Rum Village Nature Center: South Bend: St. Joseph: Northern Indiana
The refrigerated toboggan run opens for the season Nov. 29 at Pokagon State Park in Angola, Ind. Then it will open every Saturday and Sunday through Feb. 23, plus additional days through Christmas ...