Isle Royale National Park
| Isle Royale National Park | |
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IUCN Category V (Protected Landscape/Seascape) | |
 An aerial view of Isle Royale | |
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| Location | Keweenaw County, Michigan, United States |
| Nearest city | Thunder Bay, Ontario |
| Area | 571,790 acres (231,400 ha) |
| Visitors | 25,798 (in 2018)[1] |
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Isle Royale National Park is a wildlife reserve on more than 100 islands in northwest Lake Superior, in northern Michigan in the United States. This national park was opened in 1940. The wildlife includes moose, wolves and many kinds of birds.
One of the islands is called Isle Royale. It has an area of 229 square miles. Native Americans mined copper on this island in pre-Columbian times (before 1492). The mines can still be seen here.
Isle Royale National Park Media
An abandoned copper mine shaft
Tobin Harbor Trail in the Laurentian Mixed Forest Province
Moose swimming at Isle Royale.
Isle Royale National Park shoreline
Isle Royale geological map
Cross-section of the Lake Superior basin showing the tilted strata of volcanic rock that form Isle Royale
A typical three-sided screened shelter in Isle Royale National Park as seen at the Washington Creek campground.
Floatplane taking off from Ozaagaateng on Washington Harbor—Beaver Island can be seen in the background at right
Isle Royale Queen IV at Copper Harbor
References
- ↑ Five Year Annual Recreation Visits ReportPublic Use Statistic Office, National Park Service. Retrieved March 7, 2019.