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Pictured Rocks, Lake Superior

Date: 1821
Description: Engraving of the Pictured Rocks shoreline viewed from Lake Superior.
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Mass of Native Copper on the Ontonagon River

Date: 1821
Description: Engraving depicting the Schoolcraft expedition crossing the Ontonagon River to investigate a copper boulder.
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Gravelly Island

Date: 07 1923
Description: A grassy hummock stands out on the beach at Gravelly Island.
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Gravelly Island

Date: 07 1923
Description: Members of the photographer's family shield their heads with their clothing while walking among grassy hummocks on Gravelly Island. There are many seagulls...
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Fish Creek Harbor

Date: 1920
Description: Several boats are moored in the protected harbor. An old warehouse stands on a pier. A tall bluff and rock cliff dominates the opposite shoreline.
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Ontonagon River

Date: 1900
Description: View from rocky shoreline across river towards a man standing on rocks and holding a stick in front of a rock face on the opposite shoreline. There are lar...
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Tracing of Field Chart of West Channel of East Neebish Rapids : Surveyed For the Use of the St. Mary’s River Improvement

Date: 1858
Description: This map shows the depth of the West Channel and the different types of minerals that make up the floor bed. The steamboat range station is labeled. A note...
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A Rough Spot

Date: 1909
Description: The Gang guiding their canoes through rocks and cascades on the Presque Isle River.
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The Cascades

Date: 1909
Description: One of The Gang guiding his canoes through a rough spot of rocks and cascades on the Presque Isle River.
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The Noon Portage

Date: 1909
Description: Two of The Gang carrying a canoe on a portage in the Presque Isle River.
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River Cascade

Date: 1909
Description: Cascades on the Presque Isle River.

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