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ROCK HARBOR AREA
POINTS
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INTEREST
Edisen Fishery and Rock Harbor lighthouse. The island lighthouse is one of the oldest on Lake Superior. A 1930s commercial fishery here is wonderfully brought back to life by a resident fisherman ...
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Five Fingers Area. Circle the island's scenic dramatic northeastern tip and cruise far inland to the Minong Mine ...
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Hiking and Paddling Isle Royale. Isle Royale offers exceptional opportunities both for hiking and paddling. Here's a look at your choices and tips for how to have a pleasant adventure ...
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Lookout Louise. At the northeastern end of Greenstone Ridge, this spot offers a view of the island's many bays and on a clear day, even the smokestacks of Thunder Bay, Ontario ...
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Passage Island Lighthouse. The all-day North Shore Cruise includes passing by the unusual Passage Island Lighthouse, made of Jacobsville sandstone ...
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Raspberry Island. This rugged outer island has a splendid one-mile self-guided nature trail. Highly recommended ...
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Edisen Fishery and Rock Harbor lighthouse
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 | | Ben Kilpela | | The Rock Harbor lighthouse at the entrance to Rock Harbor is now a museum open to boaters and to passengers on the M.V. Sandy tour boat. |
The Edisen Fishery and Rock Harbor Lighthouse, accessible only by water, can be visited via the Sandyor by private boat. The 1855 lighthouse, one of Superior's oldest and most picturesque, is much photographed. This cruise affords photographers good vantage points. The light was a navigational aid built when the island bustled with copper mining exploration. Today excellent exhibits here interpret the island's ten shipwrecks.
The fishery, restored to the 1930s, is largely as it had been left by commercial fisherman Pete Edisen. He lived here from the 1920s until 1978. If you're lucky, Les and Donna Mattson will still be here. Les, a longtime Lake Superior fisherman, has a lot to say about the drastic unintended consequences of monofilament net on the Lake Superior fishery. It seemed like such a good idea, but . . . .
Visitors can choose to spend their limited time at the nearby Bangsund Cabin, another former fisherman's home. It is an informal summer headquarters of Rolf Peterson and John Vucetich's wolf-moose research at Michigan Tech. A self-guided tour is set up here in case Rolf or Candy Peterson is not on hand to welcome you.
On Thursday afternoon or Saturday morning.
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