Shawnee National Forest
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The Shawnee National Forest is located in southern Illinois, United States. This forest covers approximately 1,100 square miles and is part of the remaining forest cover in Illinois, which was significantly reduced by early settlers. The area was historically inhabited by the Shawnee people, an Algonquian-speaking group who lived in the Ohio River valley. Before American settlement, a Shawnee village was located in the area that is now Shawneetown, near the confluence of the Wabash and Ohio rivers. The forest itself is characterized by oak-hickory woodlands, a contrast to the tallgrass prairies found in northern and central Illinois.123
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