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Coordinates: 37°14′20″N 77°19′40″W / 37.23889°N 77.32778°W / 37.23889; -77.32778
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'''Lee National Forest''' was established in [[Virginia]] by the [[U.S. Forest Service]] on April 10, 1925 with {{convert|7177|acre|km2}} from part of the [[Fort Lee|Lee Military Reservation]]. On June 23, 1928 the executive order for its creation was rescinded and the forest was abolished. <ref>{{citation|title={{PDFlink|[http://www.foresthistory.org/ASPNET/Places/National%20Forests%20of%20the%20U.S.pdf National Forests of the United States]|341&nbsp;KB}}|date=September 29, 2005|author=Davis, Richard C.|publisher=The Forest History Society}}</ref>
'''Lee National Forest''' was established in [[Virginia]] by the [[U.S. Forest Service]] on April 10, 1925 with {{convert|7177|acre|km2}} from part of the [[Fort Lee (Virginia)|Lee Military Reservation]]. On June 23, 1928 the executive order for its creation was rescinded and the forest was abolished. <ref>{{citation|title=National Forests of the United States |url=http://www.foresthistory.org/ASPNET/Places/National%20Forests%20of%20the%20U.S.pdf |format=pdf |date=September 29, 2005 |author=Davis, Richard C. |publisher=The Forest History Society |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121028014355/http://www.foresthistory.org/ASPNET/Places/National%20Forests%20of%20the%20U.S.pdf |archivedate=October 28, 2012 }}</ref>


==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.foresthistory.org/ Forest History Society]
*[http://www.foresthistory.org/ Forest History Society]
*[http://www.foresthistory.org/ASPNET/Places/National%20Forests%20of%20the%20U.S.pdf Listing of the National Forests of the United States and Their Dates] (from the [[Forest History Society]] website) ''Text from Davis, Richard C., ed. Encyclopedia of American Forest and Conservation History. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company for the Forest History Society, 1983. Vol. II, pp. 743-788.''
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20121028014355/http://www.foresthistory.org/ASPNET/Places/National%20Forests%20of%20the%20U.S.pdf Listing of the National Forests of the United States and Their Dates] (from the [[Forest History Society]] website) ''Text from Davis, Richard C., ed. Encyclopedia of American Forest and Conservation History. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company for the Forest History Society, 1983. Vol. II, pp. 743-788.''


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Lee National Forest was established in Virginia by the U.S. Forest Service on April 10, 1925 with 7,177 acres (29.04 km2) from part of the Lee Military Reservation. On June 23, 1928 the executive order for its creation was rescinded and the forest was abolished. [1]

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  1. ^ Davis, Richard C. (September 29, 2005), National Forests of the United States (PDF), The Forest History Society, archived from the original (pdf) on October 28, 2012
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37°14′20″N 77°19′40″W / 37.23889°N 77.32778°W / 37.23889; -77.32778