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Michigan's UP ISLE ROYAL
This island lies off the south-west end of Isle Royale, and is a sandstone rock with very little soil on any part of it, and only a few small trees or brushes at one end. The sides of the island rise abruptly, and there is no landing for even small boats, except for a short space on the north-east side, and also in a cleft-like indentation on the south side. This last mentioned landing has much the appearance of its natural conditions, having been improved by artificial means; a gradual slope, 60 feet in length by about 20 feet wide, leads down to the lake, the rock being generally smooth throughout. Small boats could easily be hauled out here, particularly with the aid of timbers laid for the purpose. Near this and all along it, wherever are indications of copper mines, are the circular pits of the ancient miners. Though of small size, from two to five feet in diameter, and about as many feet deep, they are remarkably distinct. At this place the rock is mostly as level as the floor of a room, and the well-like pits are immediately perceived to be the the work of human agency
Upper Penisula
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