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Puzzle 21 · Great Lakes and Ozarks · Page 37 in print

Pictured Rocks

Congress appropriated $40,000 in 1872 to build a lighthouse at Au Sable Point, and the light went into operation on August 19, 1874.

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A sandstone arch rising out of Lake Superior at sunset

Lover's Leap reveals layers of the Munising Formation.

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Miners Castle is the best-known feature of the Pictured Rocks cliffs, and is accessible by automobile.

Miners Castle rises above Lake Superior.

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  1. Au Sable Light

    Au Sable Light Station, the historic light station on the lakeshore.

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  2. Chapel Rock

    Chapel Rock, the sandstone formation supporting a white pine.

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  3. Grand Portal

    Grand Portal Point, a high point on the lakeshore’s cliffs.

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  4. Grand Sable

    Grand Sable Dunes, the dunes at the park’s eastern end.

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  5. Hiawatha

    Hiawatha, the literary character in Longfellow’s poem set by these sandstone headlands.

    Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (opens a new tab)

  6. Ice Curtains

    Ice curtains, the winter ice formations viewed from the lakeshore.

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  7. Log Slide

    The Log Slide, the historic logging area on top of the dunes.

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  8. Longfellow

    Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, the poet whose Song of Hiawatha names Pictured Rocks.

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  9. Mineral Stains

    Mineral stains, the colored streaks on the lakeshore’s sandstone.

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  10. Miners Castle

    Miners Castle, the named rock formation on the lakeshore.

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  11. Munising Falls

    Munising Falls, the waterfall near the park’s historic blast-furnace site.

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  12. Pictured Rocks

    Pictured Rocks, the colorful sandstone cliffs along Lake Superior.

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  13. Sandstone

    Sandstone, the rock forming the lakeshore’s colorful cliffs.

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  14. Sea Kayak

    A sea kayak, the enclosed boat designed for coastal paddling on Lake Superior.

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  15. Spray Falls

    Spray Falls, a named waterfall at the lakeshore.

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Sources

  1. Au Sable Light Station - Pictured Rocks National LakeshoreNational Park Service
  2. Geologic Formations - Pictured Rocks National LakeshoreNational Park Service
  3. The Song of HiawathaHenry Wadsworth Longfellow; public-domain primary text preserved by Project Gutenberg
  4. Winter Activities - Pictured Rocks National LakeshoreNational Park Service
  5. Scenic Sites - Pictured Rocks National LakeshoreNational Park Service
  6. The History of the Schoolcraft Blast Furnace - Pictured Rocks National LakeshoreNational Park Service
  7. Kayaking & Boating - Pictured Rocks National LakeshoreNational Park Service
  8. Spray FallsNational Park Service

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