BIRCH LAKE Township was named for its lake adjoining Hackensack village. It is translated, as noted by Rev. Joseph A. Gilfillan, from the Ojibwe "Ga-wig-wasensikag sagaiigun, the-place-of-little-birches lake." On the map of the Minnesota Geological Survey it is called Fourteen Mile Lake, indicating its distance by the road south from the Leech Lake Agency. Minnesota Historical Society
The actual site of the tower now sits at the bottom of a gravel pit. I would guess the material removed now covers the land fill.
Site changed from Fire Tower, to Land fill to Transfer Station.
Staff person at transfer station allowed me to walk to the site of the former tower.
It now sits at the bottom of a sand pit.
The photograph on the right shows the now closed landfill.
It now sits at the bottom of a sand pit.
The photograph on the right shows the now closed landfill.