Finland, Minn. The Nature Conservancy (TNC) has purchased 214 acres adjacent to its Upper Manitou Forest Preserve in Lake County from Allete, Inc., formerly known as Minnesota Power.

The property includes a virtually pristine old-growth forest of
sugar maple, yellow birch, white spruce, and white cedar, some
estimated at more than 300 years old and requiring the length of
two or more persons’ arms to circle their trunks.

It includes a half-mile of frontage on both sides of the South
Branch of the Manitou River, a trout stream that flows through the
property. Shawn Perich