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Pages in category "Michigan populated places on Lake Superior" The following 55 pages are in this category, out of 55 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Passage Island is a small island in the U.S. territory in western Lake Superior.It is the northeasternmost island in Isle Royale National Park, and the northernmost part of Michigan with any human-made structures, although the Gull Island chain is slightly further north.
The Stannard Rock Reef is located off Keweenaw Peninsula about 24 miles (39 km) south of Manitou Island and 44 miles (71 km) north of Marquette, Michigan. [1] [10] In 1835, Captain Charles C. Stannard of the vessel John Jacob Astor first discovered this underwater mountain that extends for 0.25 miles (0.40 km) with depths as shallow as 4 feet (1.2 m) and averaging 16 feet (4.9 m).
[citation needed] It is bounded on the north by Lake Superior, on the east by St. Marys River, on the south by the Niagara Escarpment, Lake Michigan and Lake Huron, and on the west by Wisconsin and (counting the water border on Lake Superior) by Minnesota. It has about 1,700 miles (2,700 km) of continuous shoreline with the Great Lakes.
Historical map of Lake Superior and Northern Michigan, published 1879 by Rand McNally. The first people came to the Lake Superior region 10,000 years ago after the retreat of the glaciers in the Last Glacial Period. They are known as the Plano, and they used stone-tipped spears to hunt caribou on the northwestern side of Lake Minong.
The northern lights, or aurora borealis, as seen in Williamston, Michigan, on Friday, May 10, 2024. The northern lights, or aurora borealis, as seen in Oakland Township on Friday, May 10, 2024.
Pages in category "Islands of Lake Superior in Michigan" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. *
Split Rock Lighthouse on the North Shore of Lake Superior in a Minnesota state park nine miles southwest of Silver Bay. Winter along the North Shore. The North Shore of Lake Superior runs from Duluth, Minnesota, United States, at the western end of the lake, to Thunder Bay and Nipigon, Ontario, Canada, in the north, to Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario in the east.