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The Porcupine Mountains, or Porkies, are a group of small mountains spanning the northwestern Upper Peninsula of Michigan in Ontonagon and Gogebic counties, near the shore of Lake Superior. The Porcupine Mountains were named by the native Ojibwa people, supposedly because their silhouette had the shape of a crouching porcupine . [ 4 ]
The Porcupine Mountains Ski Area, also known as Ski the Porkies is a ski area located in the Porcupine Mountains State Park in Carp Lake Township near Silver City, ...
Map showing state parks within the state of Michigan. ... Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park: Gogebic, Ontonagon: 59,020 acres 23,880 ha: 1944: Lake Superior:
A sign in Porcupine Mountain Wilderness State Park in March 2024 shows an area of the park closed off due to erosion. The area where the Copperwood Mine will be is known for its eroding shoreline.
Lake of the Clouds is a lake located in Ontonagon County in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan within the Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park.The lake is situated in a valley between two ridges in the Porcupine Mountains. [2]
Like the mountains in Glacier National Park, Porcupine Ridge is composed of sedimentary rock laid down during the Precambrian to Jurassic periods. Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was initially uplifted beginning 170 million years ago when the Lewis Overthrust fault pushed an enormous slab of precambrian rocks 3 mi (4.8 km) thick, 50 miles (80 km) wide and 160 miles (260 km) long ...
Inside 19 rustic cabins deep in the woods of Michigan's Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park, there's a notebook sitting on a table. Each logbook is filled with personal memories and ...
The first designation, Warren Woods State Park, was made in 1967, while the most recent, the Porcupine Mountains, was made in 1984. [1] Natural Landmarks in Michigan range from 24 to 11,600 acres (9.7 to 4,694.4 ha; 0.038 to 18.125 sq mi) in size.