Lake Grosher

One of the largest lakes in the Frontier lands Lake Grosher occupies the northeastern portion of the Groshersi forest, where it proves a formidable barrier for the rare traveler in that region.

Geography

Lake Grosher is roughly 190 miles long at its longest and 140 miles wide at its widest. It has an average depth of 62 feet, and reaches 215 feet deep at its deepest. It exists in a low lying area, and in the spring inundated with melt water and spring rains will often overflow its banks by several miles. The lake usually dries up and returns to its normal boundaries by mid-summer though the surrounding lnd, particularly the Groshersi Forest can remain boggy until the fall.

Fauna & Flora

There are more than 250 species of fishes found in Lake Grosher including bluegill, brook trout, freshwater drum, gar, lake sturgeon, lake trout, lake whitefish, northern pike, rock bass, walleye, white perch, yellow perch, and many others. Native mammals include the black bear, fox, elk, white-tailed deer, moose, beaver, river otter, coyote, gray wolf, lynx, and many others. Bird species native to the lake include herring gulls, whooping cranes, snowy owls, wood ducks, great blue herons, golden eagles, piping plovers, and much more. Reptiles found there include lizards, venomous snakes and turtles including the snapping turtle.
Some of the animals that inhabit the lake include: • Lake whitefish - The lake whitefish is a species of freshwater fish that belongs to the salmon family. Lake whitefish are a valuable commercial species. Lake whitefish feed on bottom-dwelling invertebrates such as snails, clams, and the aquatic larvae of insects. • Walleye - The walleye is a large freshwater fish native to the lake. • Yellow perch - The yellow perch is a species of perch. Adult yellow perch feed on aquatic insect larvae, crustaceans, mysid shrimp, fish eggs, and small fish. • Great blue heron - The great blue heron is a large wading bird common to freshwater wetland habitats throughout the Frontier lands, including Lake Grosher. Great blue herons have a long, sharp bill that they use to capture a variety of small prey animals such as fish, crustaceans, insects, rodents, amphibians, reptiles, and birds. • Lynx - The lynx is a medium-sized cat that inhabits the forests throughout the Frontier lands. Lynxes are secretive, nocturnal mammals that feed on snowshoe hares, rodents, and birds. • Moose - The moose, the largest living member of the deer family, inhabit the forests that border Lake Grosher. Moose are herbivores that feed on a variety of herbaceous plants and grasses. • Common snapping turtle - The common snapping turtle is a widespread turtle that inhabits freshwater wetlands east of the Tågbaf Mountains, including the Lake Grosher region. Snapping turtles have a reputation for being quite aggressive.
Plant life includes, but is not limited to, white waterlilly, pitcher plant, arrowhead, black spruce, cattail, cotton grass, dragon's mouth orchid, seedbox, tamarack, pye weed, lady's slipper orchid, marsh marigold, holly, monkey flower, sundew, tail-beak rush, buckbean, marsh-wort, bog rosemary bulrush, marsh bell-flower, blue-joint grass, meadowsweet and meadow willow, grow there as well.
Among the more dangerous, and non-mundane denizens of the lake are aboleth, ankou, basilisk, belostomatid, boruta, elder thing, emkrah, fire beetle, freshwater merrow, gargoyle, giant amoeba, giant ant, giant gar, giant hellgrammite, giant lake octopus, giant nymph dragonfly, giant snapping turtle, giant spider, hippocampus, kelpie, lamia matriarch, larabay, living topiary, lurker in light, mi-go, mimic, mindslaver mold, moonflower, neh-thalggu, nereid, peryton, redcap, sandpoint devil, scarlet spider, skin stealer, soucouyant, spawning canker, spring-heeled jack, tear of nuruu’gal, thrasfyr, and xtabay.

Natural Resources

In addition to the abundant wildlife, Lake Grosher is a source of freshwater. However the vagaries of the lake weather, along with its tendency to flood for part of the year have kept the land around the lake and the resources of the lake itself from being harvested to any great extent.

Type

Lake

Location under

Frontier Lands