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If a tulip tree will grow there, and I believe they will they are beautiful fast growing trees that reach prodigious heights. They tend to grow as single trees rather than in groves. Another good choice would be a pin oak, the fastest growing of the oak family. But personally I would go with the tulip

White Oak. I agree with the suggestion of The White Oak. My Buddy and I, here in Charlevoix, salvaged a section of shipwreck planking approximately 10'x6'x2' off the shore of Cross Village,in Lake Michigan, north of Harbor Springs, over twenty five years ago. It was submerged for over eighty years, and came from the schooner Jura, built in 1856, and wrecked in 1906 from what my research revealed. Over the course of decades underwater,and the waves washing sand constantly over and around it, sands and shapes it somewhat. After salvaging it, and disassembling it, we stacked it,using lengths of 1x4x1 inch pine stickers to separate the planking, and allowing air to circulate around and through the levels. After five years of slow ,covered drying, I built two tables from it. One end table, , and one coffee table, approx.3'x2' with a 4 inch thick top. For the legs, we welded anchor chain in a special jig to make them straight, and made brackets of 1.5 inch wide steel bar-stock. The wood is a combination of dark olive green, shot- through with the light honey color of the oak. The dark variations are the result of the iron oxide underwater rusting process leeching through the wood. The coffee table alone weighs about eighty pounds, and is very impressive. At the time I built them, digital cameras were not ubiquitous as they are now, so I don't have photos to share, as I don't have a printer, but they are truly unique and impressive for White Oak that is over two hundered years old.