I titled this section the Munising Area because many of the photographs are several miles away, like the pictures of Scott falls. But I felt they were close enough to include here. By the way, Photos with an * in front of their description were featured on the May 23rd, 2002 Pasty.com Pasty Cam feature and are still there in the archives if you want to see larger versions of them.
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*Photo overlooking Grand Island Harbor from the roadside park up on the bluffs west of Munising. Taken early May 2002. The land accross the water and on the left is Grand Island. There is a lighthouse standing on it's rightmost tip that you'll see later. I have a picture of it taken from this vantage point with my 500mm lens, but it's just not very attractive. |
| A picture of Scott Falls taken in early May 2002. Note the SNOW still present behind the pool of water the falls empties into. This falls is right on the roadside of M-28 a few miles west of Christmas. There is a roadside park across the road which leads me to the next picture in our album... |
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*A shot of the beach at the Scott Falls roadside park. I have a few others from this spot in my archives, but I felt this one was the best. It was taken the same day as the one shown above. |
| The Bay Furnace iron smelter near Christmas. I believe this was operational in the 1870's. It used to be almost twice as tall when it was intact, but time and the elements have taken their toll. It's undergone some preservative efforts in recent years as a part of the Bay Furnace campground in the Hiawatha National Forest. |
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A picture on the beach at the Bay Furnace location. If you'll notice closely, in the lower piece of wood there is a metal spike. That suggests to me that it is either remnants of a support structure for the furnace (a dock maybe?) or a piece of an old shipwreck. Probably the former though since the timber is still round, not hewn. |
| Here is a shot taken on Grand Island's east bluff, looking basically north. |
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This is possibly the oldest building standing on Grand Island. It's a log cabin probably built in the late 1800's. (it's been a year since the tour, I forget! :)) I do remember something about it being basically an open cabin for quite a while, that various people sort of squatted in at various times. As you can see, the National Park Service has done a great job restoring it. |
| A shot of an interesting headstone at the Grand Island Cemetery. It has a depiction of the gates of heaven and reads "In memory of William Hawkins Born Mar. 16, 1844 Died Sept. 7, 1913 Age 69 yrs 5 mos 27 days" I was suprised to learn that people are still being buried at this cemetery since it is a National Recreation area. But I guess if you can prove you lived on the island for a certain time you are eligible for burial there. |
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The Grand Island East Channel Lighthouse. Shot taken from the sunset cruise boat on the way out to Pictured Rocks. A year later while I was on my snorkeling trip I learned that this light was the only one in the lakes that was privately built. As you can see, it's not in great shape, but it its undergoing restoration efforts. The light enclosure is missing from the top because it is down at MSU for restoration work. |
| We'll end this page with sunset over Munising Bay from Aug. 2003. The land mass to the left is Grand Island. |
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Ok, that's good for an intro to the Munising area. Now where would you like to go next?
| More Area Waterfalls | Pictured Rocks from water | Pictured Rocks from land |