Isle Royale National Park (45.5 miles; d=51.50)
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Day 1 - Isle Royal Queen 2 - Our ride to Isle Royale. It is a 3-3.5 hour ride from Copper Harbor to Rock Harbor.
Day 1 - Leaving Dock at Copper Harbor - Pulling away from the dock, we officially began our Isle Royale Trip.
Day 1 - Bella Vista Hotel, Copper Harbor - Base Camp for our Isle Royal Trip as viewed from the boat dock. The previous night we were treated to a beautiful display of Northern Lights over Lake Superior.
Day 1 - Copper Harbor Light - Heading out onto the open waters of Lake Superior we passed the Copper Harbor Lighthouse.
Day 1 - Copper Harbor, MI
Day 1 - The Keweenaw as it looks about a half hour out from the docks.
Day 1 - Fog on the big lake hid the island from view for quite a while. This was the first view we had of Isle Royale about 2.5 hours into the trip.
Day 1 - The fog finally thinned out as we got within a half hour of the island.
Day 1 - We passed Raspberry Island to our right as we entered Rock Harbor.
Day 1 - The rustic but expensive ($300/night) Rock Harbor Lodge as seen entering Rock Harbor.
Day 1 - Approaching the National Park dock at Rock Harbor.
Day 1 - On Isle Royale at last, this shot is looking west down Rock Harbor from the boat dock.
Day 1 - It was hard to believe I was actually here.
Day 1 - Rock Harbor was much more cosmopolitan than I expected. Private boats, tourists in straw hats and hawaiian shirts, and souvenier shops didn't feel too much like a wilderness.
Isle Royale Hiking Route Map - Day 1
A depiction of the first day of my backpacking trip to Isle Royale National Park, taking me from Rock Harbor to Lane Cove Camp, depicted a la Google Earth...
Isle Royale Hiking Route Map - Day 1
A depiction of the first day of my backpacking trip to Isle Royale National Park, taking me from Rock Harbor to Lane Cove Camp...