Lake District within the National Park, including Scafell Pike, the highest mountain in England. It also contains the deepest and largest natural lakes in England, Wast Water and Windermere respectively. The Lake District National Park includes all of the central Lake District, though the town of Kendal, some coastal areas, and the Lakeland Peninsulas are outside the park boundary. The area was designated a national park on 9 May 1951 (less than a month after the first UK national park designation — the Peak District). It retained its original boundaries until 2016 when it was extended by 3% in the direction of
Grandma Lake Wetlands State Natural Area small, brown breeding bird survey fencepost marks the trailhead. Grandma Lake Wetlands State Natural Area Grandma Lake Wetlands State Natural Area is a Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources-designated State Natural Area featuring the undeveloped, pristine 44-acre Grandma Lake, which lies in a depression formed during the last glacial period. The lake is ringed by a large, open sphagnum bog mat. The bog mat is surrounded by a coniferous swamp of tamarack ("Larix laricina") and black spruce ("Picea mariana"). The bog mat supports a plant community that is considered diverse and unusual, with several rare species present, including: bog arrow-grass ("Triglochin