Belle Isle
    Located on the north side of the eastern end of the island it is just south of Amygloid Island and northwest of Lane Cove campground.  Is is the present site of Belle Isle campground.
    History:The name "Belle Isle" means beautiful island in French.  The island was occupied by Native Americans for centuries.  Europeans initially called it Fish Island and the Northwest Fur Company established a fishery here, probably before 1800.  The American Fur Company established their first fishing station on Isle Royale here in July, 1837.
    The island was continuously occupied by fisherman until the Schofield's established a resort here.  It was Fred Schofield who changed the island's name to Belle Isle in 1915 and named their resort the Belle Harbor Lodge.  The resort included Isle Royale's only swimming pool (located in a protected cove just southwest of the dock) and golf course (where the shelters are now).  The resort closed in 1946. ["Place Names Of Isle Royale"]
Daisy Farm
    Daisy Farm was located at the present location of Daisy Farm campground as was a CCC camp in the 1930's.  The location was originally the site of the town of Ransom.  It was also the location of the Isle Royale Ohio Mine (Ransom Mine).
    There are quite a few remains of the CCC camp still there.  As you walk around the campground and the meadow in the center by the dock, you will notice pipes running all around the area.  In the meadow, there are two places where there are holes boxed in with a wood cover on them.  Inside there are galvanized pipes with unions.  Also in the meadow, there are several small holes around a foot deep that do not seem natural.  There are 4 cement footing around shelter #1 that, according to the bulletin board located near the dock, were from the CCC camp water tower.  There is an old dock footing west of the existing dock that either was from the CCC camp dock or, the original location of the park dock.  In between group site #? and #?, there is the remains of a cellar.  There is a ranger station located .2 miles (GPS) west of the dock along a trail that follows the harbor near shelter #1.  Along this trail there are some pipes on the south side.  Following this trail all the way back to the station, there is an outhouse on a fork in the trail near the station.  If you follow this trail 32' from the outhouse and 172' from the station, there are two cement foundations for what would appear to be water tanks.  There are bolts sticking in them and a worn round shape of metal on each with an indentation in the concrete for a drain of some kind.  The one to the rear is older than the nearest one based on the cement and metal remains.  This trail continues on past the foundations.  I walked it another 500' or so then stopped (because a moose appeared).  I believe this is the old trail to Moskey basin before it was rerouted.
   History: In 1903, Kneut Kneutson bought 40 acres at the heart of the old Ransom Town site, for $8.38.  The Kneutson and Farmer families tried to start a produce farm for the residents and tourists, but the daisies were more successful than the radishes and potatoes. ["Place Names Of Isle Royale"]
Edisen Fishery
    The Edison Fishery is directly across the harbor from Daisy Farm campground.  It is operated by the National Park Service during the summer to provide visitors the opportunity to experience the life of fisherman in the past.  It also provides fish for the dining room at Rock Harbor Lodge.
   History:Pete Edison came to Isle Royale in 1916, at the age of 19.  His wife Laura grew up helping her father with a fishery.  The two married, then lived and worked together fishing on Isle Royale for almost 60 years.  They are now deceased, but their operation is preserved. ["Place Names Of Isle Royale"]
Island Mine Cemetery
    The Island Mine Cemetery or, what's left of it, is 2.65 miles (GPS) from Siskiwit Bay campground or, 1.1 miles (GPS) from where the Island Mine Trail leaves Siskiwit Bay and, .55 miles (GPS) south of the Island Mine Ruins.  What remains of the Island Mine Cemetery is about 100' to the west of the trail.  There is just some fencing and rocks left.
Island Mine Ruins
    The Island Mine ruins are .86 to 1 mile (GPS) south from Island Mine campground and 3.2 miles (GPS) from Siskiwit Bay campground.  It consists of slag piles, some pits and 2 maybe 3 horizontal shafts.  The highlight is a steam engine.  It is approximately 12' long and 4' in diameter.  It has a very big flywheel and huge gears.  Stamped on the plate it says "Baystate C no1".
     History:Island Mine operated from 1873-1875 and consisted of three mine shafts and a small village which was located just east of where the trail leaves Siskiwit Bay. ["Place Names Of Isle Royale"]
Island Mine Well
    The Island Mine Well is 1.3 miles (GPS) south of Island Mine campground or, .32 miles (GPS) south of Island Mine ruins and 2.9 miles (GPS) from Siskiwit Bay campground.  It consists of a hole approximately 3' in diameter lined with stone and is around 10' deep.  It is surrounded by a wooden fence.  Please, do not throw anything into the well as tempting as it may be.
Isle Royale Lighthouse
    The lighthouse is on Menagerie Island 3.4 miles SSE of Malone Bay.  It it 55 feet high and was built in 1875.
   History: First operated on September 20, 1875.  It was constructed mainly from blocks of Jacobsville Sandstone quarried on the Keweenaw Peninsula.  It has operated as an automated light since 1939, when the last lighthouse keepers left. ["Place Names Of Isle Royale"]
Isle Royale Ohio Mine (Ransom Mine)
    The remains of the mine are located just to the north of Daisy Farm campground.  It is also known as Ransom Mine.  I explored this area in May, 2002 and very few remnants of the mine remain.  There is remains of a shaft located on the Mt. Ojibway trail at ? miles (GPS) from the campground on the left about 50' west of the trail where the trail starts up a hill.  The other area where I found things is behind campsite #15 around 100' due north there is what would appear to be a well with stacked rocks around it.  It would be very hard to see later in the year.  If you continue up from there along the same same hill as the first shaft was found there are other, what appear to be, collapsed horizontal shafts and "blown out" areas  with, maybe, a road grade but, it's very hard to tell for sure.
John's Hotel
    Located on Barnum Island at the mouth of Washington Harbor.  It was the first hotel built on Isle Royale and was constructed 1887-1892.  It was later used as lodging for miner's working on the island.
    It is listed in the National Registry of Historical Places with the following information:
John’s Hotel (added 1997 - Keweenaw County - #97000877 / Also known as 20IR64)
Located: Washington Harbor, on Barnum Island, Isle Royale National Park (15 acres, 2 buildings)
Historic Significance: Event
Area of Significance: Entertainment/Recreation, Maritime History
Period of Significance: 1875-1899, 1900-1924
Owner: Federal
Historic Function: Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Government
Historic Sub-function: Fishing Facility Or Site, Hotel, Post Office, Single Dwelling
Current Function: Vacant/Not In Use
Minong Mine (Minong)

    It is listed in the National Registry of Historical Places with the following information:
Minong Mine Historic District (added 1977 - Keweenaw County - #77000153)
Located: Address Restricted, Isle Royale National Park (2750 acres, 1 building, 1 object)
Historic Significance: Event, Information Potential
Area of Significance: Industry, Prehistoric, Historic - Aboriginal
Cultural Affiliation: not available
Period of Significance: 1500-1999 BC, 1000-1499 BC, 500-999 BC, 499-0 BC, 499-0 AD, 1000-500 AD, 1499-1000 AD, 1749-1500 AD, 1900-1750 AD, 1875-1899
Owner: Federal
Historic Function: Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function: Manufacturing Facility, Village Site
Current Function: Landscape
Current Sub-function: Park
Mott Island
    Mott Island is the location of the park headquarters.  It is across Rock Harbor from Siskiwit Mine and Three-Mile campground.
   History: Charlie and Angelique Mott were deserted on Mott (or Mott's) Island during the winter of 1845-1846, sitting on a mining claim, after a promised boatload of winter supplies never arrived.  Charlie slowly starved to death.  She barely survived the winter.  Legend has it that Charlie is buried under the present location of the men's rest room at the park office building at the main dock.  Another story indicates that this all happened, but in the location of Rock Harbor Lighthouse.
    According to legend, Mott Island was also the site of a battle between English and Irish miners in the 1800's.  Partying and drinking supposedly led to a fight in which pick handles, knives and guns were employed.  About 40 miners were killed and many more wounded.  Many of the dead were buried on nearby Cemetery Island (and also perhaps in shallow trenches on Inner or Outer Hill Island). ["Place Names Of Isle Royale"]
Mount Ojibway
    Located along the Greenstone Ridge trail at the intersection of the Mount Ojibway trail.  It measures 1136' above sea level.  There is a tower there that offers a 360 degree view of the surrounding area.
Passage Island Lighthouse
    Located 4 miles east of Isle Royale, Passage Island Lighthouse marks the channel of "passage" between Isle Royale.  The lighthouse was built in 1882 and is still operational.
Ransom
    The town of Ransom was originally located at the present site of Daisy Farm campground.
   History: Leander Ransom laid out the village in 1846.  While several buildings were erected, a village never developed, as the smelter that was poorly designed and little copper was found. ["Place Names Of Isle Royale"]
Rock Harbor
    History: The area around Rock Harbor Lodge is generally called Rock Harbor.  The small bay between the America Dock and the main dock was dubbed Snug Harbor by Kneut Kneutson, after he took refuge here from a storm.  Kneutson settled at Snug Harbor in 1903 and developed the first resort here.  In 1922, Kneutson turned over Park Place resort to his daughter, Bertha A. Kneutson Farmer, who renamed it Rock Harbor Lodge. ["Place Names Of Isle Royale"]
Rock Harbor Lighthouse
    Located on Middle Island Passage southeast of Daisy Farm campground it was built in 1855 and is the oldest lighthouse on the island.  It was deactivated in 1879.
    History: It was later occupied as a summer home around 1900 and then by families of fishermen working on the island. ["Foot Trails and Water Routes" Jim DuFresne (C)1984]
Rock Of Ages Lighthouse
    Located 3.2 miles (Map) west of Washington Island.  The lighthouse was built in 1908.  The Voyageur and Winonah offer a good view of this when making the trip from Grand Portage to the island.
Scoville Point
    Scoville Point forms the Southeast tip of the island and is 1.9 miles east of Rock Harbor.
   History:Also known as Scovill Point and Scovelle Point.  Philo Scovill owned the Scovill Mine. ["Place Names Of Isle Royale"]
Siskowit Mine
    Located on the Rock Harbor trail the site starts at 1.45 miles (GPS) west of the Mount Franklin Trail junction where there is a sign marking it and stretches north od the trail and going west for about .15 miles where there is another sign on the west side marking it.  That sign is 1.92 miles (GPS) east of Daisy Farm campground east sign.  Right at the sign at the east side of the mine site there are several fenced off shafts.  If you go a little north of these you will find other holes and dug out areas.  Heading west through the brush there are more pits and/or shafts until there's a sign post held up by rocks that someone has scratched "this sign is blank" into.  This looks like it might have been an old sign from the park service.  It's not from the mine era for sure.  There appears to be more things in the area to the north but I didn't go any further.  By the west entrance sign is a clearing near the water with meadow grass and a few trees that seem to be growing in old foundations.  I'm guessing this is where the buildings were as it is clear and there appears to be foundation areas right along the trail there.  It is very overgrown though.  There is also another shaft/pit just north of the west mine sign.
    History:It was shown as Union and Isle Royale Mining Company on early maps.  Opened by Whittlesey, Senter, and James Hubbard, it's one on the earliest mines opened on Rock Harbor.  The mine produced nearly 200,000 tons of copper from 1847-1853.  Eventually, however, copper deposits got poorer, which along with financial difficulties, forced the mine to close in 1855.  Mary Jane Gilbert, along with three daughters, operated a miners' boarding house at Siskowit Mine.  Food for the boarders came by ship, was grown in the garden, or was fished from the lake.  Mary Jane was said to be the first white woman to set foot on Isle Royale.  The Gilbert's left after the stamp building burned at Siskowit mine.["Place Names Of Isle Royale"]
Smithwick Mine
    The remains of the mine are located along the north section of the Stoll Trail just after leaving Rock Harbor Lodge.  There are wooden fences around two shaft areas with a sign pointing it out and a picture sign with information.  It says there were four shafts but, there are only two with fencing around them and I believe, there might be a collapsed third one across the trail.
    History: Captain Smithwick operated the claim just northeast of the lodge.  The mine operated only in the late 1840's. Although numerous shafts were dug to depths as much as 90 feet, the operation was apparently a bust, as there are no records of copper production. ["Place Names Of Isle Royale"]
Suzy's Cave
    This is a wave carved arch from a time when Lake Superior was at a higher lever (Lake Nipissong).  It is located between the Rock Harbor Trail and the Tobin Harbor Trail about 0.1 miles north of the Rock Harbor trail and 0.1 miles south of the Tobin Harbor trail.  Along the Rock Harbor trail it is 1.55 miles west from the sign at Rock Harbor campground marking the group site and 0.87 miles east of the east sign marking the start of Three-Mile campground.  It is marked by a sign on the Rock Harbor trail.  You follow a well worn path up rocks to the cave.  Going into the large cave opening facing the harbor you can walk right inside very easily.  You can see light on the other side through a small opening where a kid could fit through.  Walking around the other side of this opening you will see the trail that leads to the Tobin Harbor trail.  There is a very nice view of the harbor from the cave site.
   History: Suzy Tooker, of Tooker's Island, would often canoe across Rock Harbor to play in the cave.  Once she was caught on a rainstorm and took refuge here.["Place Names Of Isle Royale"]
Windigo
 

Historical Information
This information is from the book "Place Names Of Isle Royale" Copyright 1999 the Isle Royale Natural History Association.  Written by Smitty Parratt and Doug Welker.  All text included on this page from this is in italic with a notation.