Agate Falls
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51.0 mi away
Houghton Visitor Center
Open year-round from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. (fall-spring) and 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. (summer) except for all fall and winter holidays.
94.8 mi away
Feldtmann Lake Campground
Five tent sites but no shelters.
95.9 mi away
Henry Chisholm
When it was built in 1901, the George M. Cox was originally called The Puritan. It spent seventeen years as a passenger ferry, chartering people between Illinois' Chicago Harbor, and Michigan's Holland Harbor and Benton Harbor. In 1918 the U.S. Navy bought the ship for service in World War I. After two years it was returned to its original haunts along the Great Lakes. When the Great Depression hit in the late 1920s, the ship went idle. Millionaire George M. Cox bought it in 1933, with the notion of putting it back to use in passenger transportation. On its maiden voyage, the George M. Cox ran aground on the Rock of Ages shoals. Crew and passengers (including Cox himself) all found safety in the Rock of Ages lighthouse, while the ship slunk slowly off the rocks and into the water (100 feet of her keel had come out of the water when she ran onto the shoals). The bow section of the boat is in the shallowest water-- just 15 feet-- and has thus suffered from significant wind and ice damage. The stern, as well as the propeller, many exposed pieces of machinery and other artifacts, hide at 40-100 feet and remain a popular diving destination. A mooring buoy is attached to the boiler, at 45 feet deep. Only registered dive boats are allowed at the mooring here, with a maximum of two boats per mooring at any given time. All divers must check in at one of the park visitor centers before embarking, and hand in their dive registry when their trip is over (or mail it in).
97.1 mi away
Feldtmann Lake Trail
This 10.3-mile hike takes visitors across the high ridge from Feldtmann Lake to Siskiwit Bay.
97.2 mi away
Grace Island Campground
This campground is located at the mouth of Washington Harbor.
