DRUMMOND ISLAND

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FACTS ABOUT THIS TOPIC

• Called "Gem of the Huron"
• Get around by car, jeep, and bike
• Part of Michigan and United States of America (U.S.A.)

THE PUDDING STONE

• Found at Drummond Island
• Called plum-pudding stone or puddingstone
• Formed about a billion years ago in Canada
• Made primarily of quartzite and jasper pebbles. The colors of them are pink, red, purple, brown, and white.
• Cheboygan, MI has a pudding stone festival
• It is named the pudding stone because the English believed that it looked like boiled suet pudding with berries

TOURIST ATTRACTIONS

• Lake huron
• Animals (see separate slide)
• Drummond Island Fudge and Confectionary is a popular shop
• Bayside Dining is a popular restaurant
• Taking the ferry across St. Mary's River to get there
• Big Shoal Beach
• Maxton Plains

NUMBERS

• Largest cargo recorded in 2007: 65,386 net tons of coal
• 2010 population: 1,058
• Elevation is 741 feet
• About 250 miles to Drummond Island from here
• Area: about 250 square miles

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HOW WAS FORT DRUMMOND PART OF THE WAR OF 1812?

• Fort Drummond (also known as Fort Colyer or Fort Collier) is a military fort. It is the only known military and civilian site established by British forces on American soil following the War of 1812. It was designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1956.
• British owned it until they found out that it was part of the United States. They owned Canada at that time and thought it was part of Canada

ANIMALS FOUND HERE

• Deer
• Bears
• Raccoons
• Weasels
• Woodchucks
• Rabbits
• Squirrels/Chipmunks
• Mice
• Bobcats

ANIMALS FOUND HERE (CONTINIED)

• Coyotes
• Wolves
• Moose
• Frogs
• Northern water snake
• Turtles
• Woodpeckers
• Ruby-throated hummingbird
• Finches
• Crows

ANIMALS FOUND HERE (CONTINUED)

• Sparrows
• Blackbirds
• Ravens
• Owls
• Hawks
• Eagles
• Osprey
• Minnow
• Zebra mussel
• Leech

ANIMALS FOUND HERE (CONTINUED)

• Crayfish
• Snails
• Skunks