ISLE ROYAL NATIONAL PARK

ISLE ROYAL NATIONAL PARK

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Isle Royale is one out of 5 national park in Michigan located on Lake Superior.

FACTS

• The only way to get to Isle Royale National park is by a boat or a floatplane.
• 24966 people visited Isle Royale national park in 2016.
• Isle Royale was made a national park on March 3, 1931.

FACTS

• Theirs no internet on Isle Royale.
• You can't have any bikes, but you can have wheel chairs.
• The closest city is Thunder Bay, Ontario.

FACTS

• There are over 165 miles of hiking trails.
• Johns hotel was the first hotel on the national park. (1887-1892)
• Isle Royale national park is located on the largest non saltwater body of water in the world.

Facts

• A large fire in 1936 burned 25% of the trees.
• There's only 2 wolfs on Isle Royale national park.
• Yellow stone national park gets more people in a day than Isle Royale in a year.

FACTS

• Most people spend 4-5 days on Isle Royale national park.
• Isle Royale national park has 36 campgrounds.

Isle Royale is different from other national parks in many ways. Most national park you only stay an hour or two. On Isle Royale people stay there for 4-5 days. On Isle Royale you can't drive cars. The only way to get there is by boat or floatplane.

Isle Royale became a national park in 1932. They made it "to conserve a prime example of north woods wilderness."

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Their are 417 national parks in the USA.

Sources

• https://www.nps.gov/isro/learn/historyculture/index.htm
• http://www.isleroyalewolf.org/overview/overview/at_a_glance.html
• https://www.nps.gov/isro/planyourvisit/rock-harbor-lodge.htm
• http://briansplace.ynt1.com/backpack/irinfo/irfacts.php

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