Editing Muskeg (section)

== In fiction ==
In [[Jack London]]'s short story, "Love of Life," the starving protagonist eats muskeg berries along the trail.  "A muskeg berry is a bit of seed enclosed in a bit of water.  In the mouth the water melts away and the seed chews sharp and bitter.  The man knew there was no nourishment in the berries, but he chewed them patiently with a hope greater than knowledge and defying experience."

In [[Martha Ostenso]]'s novel ''[[Wild Geese (novel)|Wild Geese]]'', the land owned and beloved by the antagonist plays an important role:
"Southeast, under the ridge, bottomless and foul, lay the muskeg, the sore to Caleb's eye. In the heat of summer it gave up sickly vapours in which clouds of mosquitoes rose. Cattle and horses, breaking through the pasture fence and heading for the hay field, had disappeared beneath its spongy surface." (p. 12)

In [[Rick Riordan]]'s novel ''[[The Son of Neptune]]'' (in the [[The Heroes of Olympus|Heroes of Olympus]] series), [[Percy Jackson]] steps off a path near [[Seward, Alaska]], and falls through the muskeg.  He would have drowned if another character, [[Hazel Levesque]], had not jumped in after him. [[Frank Zhang]], the third of their trio, pulled them out using his bow, with Hazel holding onto it and Percy holding onto her ankles.