A Day in Copper Harbor

Fort Wilkins State Park
Copper Harbor, MI 

"These are some of the forts at Fort Wilkins." -Evan

"They are older than Bridget." -Kailyn

"They looked so old fashioned." -Kayla

"Jacinda and I were spinning tops." -Kayla

"The room had old fashioned games in it like spinning tops, ball in a cup.  It was so hard and frustrating to figure out." -Summer

"We were baking bread." -Summer

"They put them in the oven for a while."  -Jacinda

"They baked over a hundred a day." -Kailyn

"There was a guy with a saw.  I wanted to touch it but I wasn't allowed." -Summer

"My favorite part about it was the people in costume." -Anthony

"I'm blocking Randell." -Anthony

"I was trying to scare Anthony. We were in the jail cell." -Evan

"It's a wagon that horses carry behind them." -Ione

Estivant Pines

"It's like a perfect trail, not too long and not too short.  We saw Cedar treesw and they were really old and fat trees."  -Summer

"When we entered it, it was like we were entering an enchanted forest." -Kayla

Lake Linden and the Michigan Tech Agassiz

The Michigan Tech Research Vessel, the RV Agassiz

"Survival of the Finnish!" Summer said.  During FinnFest we had the opportunity to ride on the Michigan Tech Research Vessel.

"We were getting mud for the samples.  It opened and shut and grabbed mud." -Evan

"We were filtering mud through the machine." -Kaylin

Summer is wearing the very stylish "work life vest." 

All members of the crew on the boat are required to wear them when they are working the equipment. 

"Bugs!" -Evan

We spent some time sifting through the mud to find life.

We compared and contrasted healthy mud and polluted mud due to mining. 

"In the healthy mud we found more bugs (phantom midges)." -Summer

"Sometimes the mud kind of looked like it was purple."  -Jacinda said about the polluted mud.

"We were graphing the depth, longitude and latitude of Torch Lake.  I liked that part."  -Evan

"After doing all of the graphing, I really liked seeing the results." -Jacinda

Ahmeek Stamp Mill and the stamp sands of Torch Lake 

"That's the Ahmeek stamp mill.  I liked how you could walk all the way through it.  It was cool seeing how it was before and how it is now." -Evan

"I liked how you could go through each of the doors, like a house." -Jacinda

"There are bird houses for bats all around this area." -Evan

"The ants were bringing the stamp sand dirt up.  That is bad." -Summer

This area is full of stamp sands underneath the clean earth.  The EPA came in and covered up the stamp sands in a site clean up effort.  This site is located across from the Ahmeek stamp mill and this type of site can be found all over torch lake.

"Watch your step! It is one of the only stamp mills in the area with a machine still attached." -Kailyn

Be sure to check it out!

Adventure Mine and Old Victoria

 Adventure Mine in Greenland, MI.

"I loved the ride into the mine!"  -Evan

"My favorite part about Adventure Mine was being in the mine because there was a whole bunch of history in there!"  -Kayla

"I enjoyed the view from the top of the cliff."  -Randell

"I kinda knew it already but I learned that the workers only got like 50 cents or 5 cents a day depending on their job." -Jacinda

 Summer (before traveling into the mine), "I'm kind of scared.  I don't like dark tunnels."
Summer (five minutes into the mine), "This place is awesome!"

Old Victoria, Rockland, MI

We love Old Victoria!

Patty told us everything we could want to know about the place.

Our first ever hike and on the trail heading from New York to North Dakota. 

We got to see mine ruins and old mining towns can be found all along the trail, thanks to our amazing guide!

When we hike we power through!

"From Old Victoria, I loved the views on the hike!" -Kayla

A heart inside of a heart.  We heart Project SISU!