The Lost Forty (or Lost 40) is 144 acres of old-growth pine forest located in Minnesota that was preserved due to a surveying error during the Public Land Survey in 1882. == History == During the Public Land Survey in 1882, surveyors mistakenly mapped the area as Coddington Lake, which is actually located half of a mile southeast, leading to the area not being logged.
The Lost Forty (or Lost 40) is 144 acres of old-growth pine forest located in Minnesota that was preserved due to a surveying error during the Public Land Survey in 1882. == History == During the Public Land Survey in 1882, surveyors mistakenly mapped the area as Coddington Lake, which is actually located half of a mile southeast, leading to the area not being logged.
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