What to see in America . m are was the capitalof the state until the seatof government was movedto Lansing in 183S. Lake Superior formsmost of Michigans north-ern boundary. It is thegreatest body of freshwater on the globe, andhas an average depth ofnine hundred feet, whileErie, the shallowest ofthe lakes, averages onlyeighty-four feet. Thecoast line is very irregu-lar and has a length of1500 miles. It is gener-ally rock-bound, and itsshores excel in picturesqueness. Its size and depth andnortherly situation combine to keep its waters very coldeven in midsummer, and this, with th
What to see in America . m are was the capitalof the state until the seatof government was movedto Lansing in 183S. Lake Superior formsmost of Michigans north-ern boundary. It is thegreatest body of freshwater on the globe, andhas an average depth ofnine hundred feet, whileErie, the shallowest ofthe lakes, averages onlyeighty-four feet. Thecoast line is very irregu-lar and has a length of1500 miles. It is gener-ally rock-bound, and itsshores excel in picturesqueness. Its size and depth andnortherly situation combine to keep its waters very coldeven in midsummer, and this, with the clearness of thewater, gives the fish unusually fine quality. The PicturedRocks on the south shore have such repute that passengersteamers approach as near as possible to afford a view ofthem. But the best way to see this fantastic and romanticfive-mile stretch of sandstone bluffs with its staining of colorand its cascades is to go there from Munising in a motorboat. Sail Rock, which resembles a sloop in full sail, the. Looking across Portage Lake to theCopper Peninsula Michigan 253 Grand Portal, and the Chapel are perhaps the most strik-ing features of the series of cliffs. This vicinity is in theheart of the Hiawatha countr}^, and Munising occupies thesite of the wigwam of Nokomis. The State makes one long upthrust into the lake, andright across the base of the peninsula is a rift that for mostof its length is filled by the narrow, deep Portage channel has been dredged the rest of the way to allowvessels to pass freely. A few miles back on the hills northerlyis the great Calumet and Hecla copper mine, which was dis-covered in 1865 by a man who went into a hole, left by theroots of a big overturned pine tree, to get a litter of pigs thatwas there. Theproduct of theCalumet andHecla group ofshafts has paidmore dividendsthan that of anyother miningcorporation inthe world. TheRed Jacket Shaftis equipped withengines that hoistten-ton cars ofore from a depth of a straight m
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