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Cemetery Island Cemetery in Isle Royale National Park

Sight · Isle Royale National Park

Cemetery Island Cemetery

A small island cemetery with unresolved mining and shipwreck stories.

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Nearest trail
0.8 mi
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Overview

About Cemetery Island Cemetery

Why stop

  • A rare, tangible link to Isle Royale's mining-era human history.

Heads up

  • A cemetery landing route is not documented, so access needs local confirmation.

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Where it is

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SightCemetery Island Cemetery48.09651, -88.57001
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Plan your stop

Before you go

8 active Isle Royale alerts

  • ClosureSeasonal park closure begins November 1Isle Royale closes to public use November 1–April 15 because extreme winter weather threatens visitor safety; the closure extends 4.5 miles into Lake Superior from the island.Official details
  • ClosureCamping closures at east-end campgrounds and Zone 9Camping restrictions are in effect at four east-end campgrounds and Off-trail Camping Zones 9–13 and 30–38 because of increased human-wildlife interactions and food-storage concerns.Official details
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More about Cemetery Island Cemetery

A quiet burial groundCemetery Island Cemetery is a small historic burial ground on the summit of a wooded island in…

Cemetery Island Cemetery is a small historic burial ground on the summit of a wooded island in Rock Harbor Channel, off Middle Islands. Weathered wooden enclosures and headboards mark the graves, though many markers are unreadable. One cemetery record estimates six to eight family plots and at least nine interments.

Who is buried here?Two reconstructed wooden headboards carry dates that fit the period when the Siskowit Mine was…

Two reconstructed wooden headboards carry dates that fit the period when the Siskowit Mine was operating, but the people buried here have not been identified with confidence. They may have been mine workers; another theory links some of the burials to the 1885 wreck of the Algoma. Treat both as possibilities, not settled history.

Plan the water outingRock Harbor has seasonal boat, canoe, and kayak rentals, plus sightseeing trips through the…

Rock Harbor has seasonal boat, canoe, and kayak rentals, plus sightseeing trips through the channel. Ask at the Rock Harbor Visitor Center about landing conditions before planning to go ashore. A marked public approach to the cemetery is not documented, so don't assume there is an established path or landing.

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Wildlife

Wildlife in Isle Royale

All Isle Royale wildlife maps
Moose308 sightingsMooseMost seen around 8 PMSighting mapWolf93 sightingsWolfMost seen around 8 PMSighting mapBald Eagle77 sightingsBald EagleMost seen around 5 PMSighting mapLoon150 sightingsLoonMost seen around 7 AMSighting mapTrumpeter Swan24 sightingsTrumpeter SwanMost seen around 6 PMSighting mapBeaver71 sightingsBeaverMost seen around 8 PMSighting map

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Trails nearby

EasyEdisen Fishery–Rock Harbor Lighthouse Trail0.4 mi · 30 min · 0.8 mi awayA short boat-in loop links a historic fishery and lighthouse.ModerateMount Ojibway Trail3.4 mi · 2.5 hr · 1.2 mi awayA steep island climb to a historic tower and ridge views.ModerateDaisy Farm Triangle5.1 mi · 3.5 hr · 1.4 mi awayBoardwalks, ridge climbs, and a historic tower above the island.ModerateDaisy Farm Trail1.7 mi · 1.3 hr · 1.4 mi awayBoardwalks cross beaver wetlands on the climb to the ridge.EasyMott Island Trail2.3 mi · 1.5 hr · 1.9 mi awayA shoreline loop around the island that holds the summer headquarters.ModerateLane Cove Trail2.3 mi · 1.8 hr · 2.2 mi awaySteep birch switchbacks end at a cove-side Lake Superior campground.ModerateMount Franklin Trail2.3 mi · 2.5 hr · 2.5 mi awayA steep climb to the island’s broad northward view.ModerateTobin–Duncan Portage Trail1.6 mi · 1.5 hr · 5 mi awayA steep, boat-accessed crossing over Greenstone Ridge.

More stops nearby

Campground · 0.2 mi awayCaribou Island CampgroundA boat-in campground with two shelters on Rock Harbor Channel.Sight · 0.6 mi awayRock Harbor LighthouseAn 1855 lighthouse with a keeper’s-house museum at Rock Harbor’s entrance.Sight · 0.8 mi awayEdisen FisheryA preserved fish camp makes the island's working past tangible.Sight · 1.1 mi awayBangsund CabinA fishery cabin opens onto Isle Royale’s wolf-and-moose story.Campground · 1.3 mi awayDaisy Farm CampgroundA Lake Superior base camp where three trails meet.Sight · 1.6 mi awaySS Algoma WreckA cold-water dive over a steamer broken apart by an 1885 storm.Sight · 1.9 mi awayOjibway TowerA historic lookout crowns Greenstone Ridge above its interior lakes.Sight · 2.1 mi awayMount FranklinA long ridge hike opens up a view of Canada.

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