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Oct 14, 20263 min read

A Brand-New 600-Foot Steamer Ran Onto a Reef Near Eagle River in 1910. The Lighthouse Built Because of It Had Keepers for Only 20 Years.

Sand Hills Lighthouse on Five Mile Point went up in 1919 after a new freighter hit Sawtooth Reef, lost its keepers in 1939, sold for $26,000 in 1958, and is now private.

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Big Bay Point Lighthouse Is a Bed and Breakfast on a Lake Superior Cliff Where Guests Climb the 1896 Tower. Its French-Made Fresnel Lens Is Back Inside the Keepers’ House.

The 1896 Big Bay Point Lighthouse north of Marquette is now a five-room bed and breakfast with a climbable tower and a...

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Oct 8, 20264 min read

Muskallonge Lake State Park Pairs Two Miles of Lake Superior Agate Shoreline With a Late-1800s Lumber Town Called Deer Park. Its Sawdust Piles and Sunken Pine Logs Are Still Visible Today.

Muskallonge Lake State Park in Luce County packs a Lake Superior agate shoreline, a swimmable inland lake and the remains of the...

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Oct 3, 20264 min read

Baraga County Owns the Tip of a Peninsula With No Paved Roads. You Can Camp on It.

Baraga County owns the tip of the Abbaye Peninsula and lets you camp on the rock, facing the Huron Islands and the...

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Sep 28, 20263 min read

The Stripes on the Pictured Rocks Cliffs Are Stains, and They’re Still Being Made

The stripes on the Pictured Rocks cliffs are mineral stain, still being laid down by groundwater leaking out of the sandstone. Iron...

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Sep 12, 20264 min read

Isle Royale Closed Tent Camping at Four Campgrounds Because Wolves Keep Walking Into Tents. It Is the Fourth Closure This Year.

Thirteen tent sites and eight group sites at Three Mile, Daisy Farm, Moskey Basin and Caribou Island are shut through Oct. 31....

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Sep 10, 20264 min read

Great Lakes Piping Plovers Hit 99 Pairs This Summer, a Record. The Recovery Plan Needs 150, Five Years Running, Before the Bird Can Even Be Called Threatened.

99 pairs is the most since listing in 1986 and 66 percent of the recovery bar. What the plan actually requires, why...

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Sep 4, 20263 min read

There’s a Spot Off Munising Where You Can See an 1870 Shipwreck Straight Through the Water

Lake Superior off Munising is so clear you can see century-old wrecks from the surface. Press play. Most of Lake Superior's shipwrecks...

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Aug 13, 20264 min read

Jumping Off Black Rocks Into Lake Superior Is the Marquette Rite of Passage Yoopers Never Forget

The cold water, the long drop, the dare from your buddies. If you're from Marquette, you already know the spot. You know...

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Jul 27, 20263 min read

Michigan’s Most Famous Rock Formation Lost a Piece of Itself Overnight. Fishermen Called It In by Cell Phone.

Miners Castle is the signature landmark of Pictured Rocks, and on April 13, 2006, its northeast turret collapsed into Lake Superior. The...

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Jul 23, 20264 min read

The U.P.’s Grand Island Was Once a Private Game Preserve Stocked With Caribou and Antelope

Around 1900 the president of Cleveland-Cliffs turned Grand Island into a private ark, stocking elk, caribou, and antelope behind armed guards. Lake...

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Jul 21, 20263 min read

Sailors Have Been Reporting a Serpent in Lake Superior Since 1894. Meet Pressie.

Lake Superior has its own monster legend. Sailors have reported a serpent off the U.P. shore since 1894, the Anishinaabe told of...

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Jul 10, 20264 min read

A Whiskey Smuggler Got Caught in the U.P. After the Crew Drank Too Much of Their Own Cargo

During Prohibition, whiskey poured across the U.P.’s Canadian border, sometimes with the Coast Guard’s help. It starts with a tug called the...

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The latest Lake Superior story

A Brand-New 600-Foot Steamer Ran Onto a Reef Near Eagle River in 1910. The Lighthouse Built Because of It Had Keepers for Only 20 Years.

More Lake Superior stories, newest first

Big Bay Point Lighthouse Is a Bed and Breakfast on a Lake Superior Cliff Where Guests Climb the 1896 Tower. Its French-Made Fresnel Lens Is Back Inside the Keepers’ House.

Muskallonge Lake State Park Pairs Two Miles of Lake Superior Agate Shoreline With a Late-1800s Lumber Town Called Deer Park. Its Sawdust Piles and Sunken Pine Logs Are Still Visible Today.

Baraga County Owns the Tip of a Peninsula With No Paved Roads. You Can Camp on It.

The Stripes on the Pictured Rocks Cliffs Are Stains, and They’re Still Being Made

Isle Royale Closed Tent Camping at Four Campgrounds Because Wolves Keep Walking Into Tents. It Is the Fourth Closure This Year.

Great Lakes Piping Plovers Hit 99 Pairs This Summer, a Record. The Recovery Plan Needs 150, Five Years Running, Before the Bird Can Even Be Called Threatened.

There’s a Spot Off Munising Where You Can See an 1870 Shipwreck Straight Through the Water

Jumping Off Black Rocks Into Lake Superior Is the Marquette Rite of Passage Yoopers Never Forget

Michigan’s Most Famous Rock Formation Lost a Piece of Itself Overnight. Fishermen Called It In by Cell Phone.

The U.P.’s Grand Island Was Once a Private Game Preserve Stocked With Caribou and Antelope

Sailors Have Been Reporting a Serpent in Lake Superior Since 1894. Meet Pressie.

A Whiskey Smuggler Got Caught in the U.P. After the Crew Drank Too Much of Their Own Cargo