Porcupine Mountains
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N 46° 48.998 W 089° 43.645
16T E 291943 N 5188399
On the north side of M107 in a roadside park about 7.5 miles west of Silver City or M64/M107 intersection. Take a look at the copper mine (now bat cave) on the south side of the road.
Waymark Code: WMMQK
Location: Michigan, United States
Date Posted: 08/19/2006
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From Lake Superior the main range of mountains looks like a crouching porcupine, thus their name. Machinery, rock dumps, and old adits are ghostly reminders of forty mining ventures in the years from 1846 to 1928, none of which succeeded. Some logging took place around 1916. As late as 1930 a few trappers eked out a living here. Finally in 1945 the area was made a state park to preserve its virgin splendor.
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