Isle Royale National Park
Our long-term plan is to visit all the National Parks once we retire. However, since we are still working and we live in MN we are thinking o visiting this NP during the summer of 2014. Has anyone bee...
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We were there two years ago but only for a day. We got the last ferry for the season from the West and had to return that same day. We do not backpack and our rig was back on the mainland at Grand Portage. We did explore and the Rangers gave several talks and opened the NPS visitors center and store for about three hours. It is a beautiful quiet place and while there are trails and a few camping areas it is pretty much untouched.
The moose were introduced by mother nature when Lake Superior froze around the island creating a land bridge, a few years later it froze again and the wolves came across then. There has been a constant study of the moose and wolf population sine the 60's I believe. The NPS has not interfered with the population since it was discovered and it is now in decline for both the moose and the wolves. One theory is that the lack of new blood has caused the decline. There is at least one group of scientists from a MN college that spends the summer there and had left the day before we arrived.
I would like to go back during the summer and spend a couple of days in the cabins if possible. The end of September is not a good time to visit. We lucked out and the lake was as smooth as glass for both trips but it can be a very rough crossing.
There is a campground near the Indian Casino and the tickets for the crossing are sold at the marina across from the campground. I don't remember if there were hookups or not. I'll try and find the journal and give more info later.
The moose were introduced by mother nature when Lake Superior froze around the island creating a land bridge, a few years later it froze again and the wolves came across then. There has been a constant study of the moose and wolf population sine the 60's I believe. The NPS has not interfered with the population since it was discovered and it is now in decline for both the moose and the wolves. One theory is that the lack of new blood has caused the decline. There is at least one group of scientists from a MN college that spends the summer there and had left the day before we arrived.
I would like to go back during the summer and spend a couple of days in the cabins if possible. The end of September is not a good time to visit. We lucked out and the lake was as smooth as glass for both trips but it can be a very rough crossing.
There is a campground near the Indian Casino and the tickets for the crossing are sold at the marina across from the campground. I don't remember if there were hookups or not. I'll try and find the journal and give more info later.
