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- ↑ "Birch Lake - Forest County, Wisconsin DNR Lake Map" (PDF). Wisconsin DNR. Wisconsin DNR. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
- ↑ "Adult White Fish Are Planted In Lake November 23, 1926 - Sheboygan Press". Sheboygan Press. 23 November 1926.
- ↑ McClelland, Harold E. (11 November 1951). "Sugar Bush Hill rated Highest Point in State". Wisconsin State Journal. Retrieved 19 September 2023.