New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 11, 1924, Page 21

ISLE ROYAL A BEN FRANKLIN HERITAGE Now Arises Qfimtiou of Its Being Made National Park Washington, D, C. April 11—ghould | Isle Rayol become an American Na tional Park, in accordance with pro rosals now before the government, American citizens can deliver their thanks to Benjamin Franklin. “No matter which of the two ro- mantic stories of the TIsle Rayal’ cession to the United States is true, the pioneer printer, philosopher, physical scientist, and postmaster gen- eral, had his finger in it when the Treaty of Paris was drawn in 1783, says a bulletin of the National G graphic society. “Although the in- ternational boundary runs straight up the middle of the Great TLakes, when it reaches the middle of Lake Superior it jumps way over to the Canadian shore to give the United States Tsle Royal. The stories ex- plain the line's irregular conduct, Saw Value of Copper “The canny Franklin, according to one account, learned from the French | Y opper had been found on Isle Althongh in the 18th cen- | tury diplomats had not learned to fit boundary lines to mineral deposits, P'ranklin's interest in electricity prompted him to insist that this cop per-island be given to the 1'nited States, ook on the map of Lake Superior again and you wiil see that | the American lime does not leave the ake at the tip end but at the Pigeon ! viver, not far from Isle Roxral the [United States was given the island, the story goes, the boundary makers were imipelled to change th boundary from the §t. Louis river, on which Duiuth is 1ecated to the Pigeon “iver. This change gave to the nited States one of the sreatest iron the world, the Mesaba 1ich otherwise wonld have ;one in part, at least, to ('anada. Un- vitting! 1 Klin heined to he Ui ates the foremost steel wodueing nation in the world “The other story is that th splorers who w still hinnt he ‘Western Sea’ made th ages throngh the Pigeon river to the ake of the Woods, wi ocus point of the rant, Following the explorers, raders used the Pigeon rover on their coyages to the ior. Therefore, it was only natural on the part of the carly Virginia When | make | h was the ' boundary makers to follow the canoe | travel route which led between [sle | Royal and Canada. The latter story Is more plausible, but the first is al- | mast too good not to be true, ‘Traffic Center for Wheat and Tron ‘A great part of the world's wheat tom the Ned Rivar Vallay lneaves ort Willlam and Port Arthur going lown the 1gke on the north side of lele Royal, never-ending parade of iron-ore boats moves pust the sonthern shore when the ice s wit, but the island itself is almost as nocent of civilization as in the days rappers paddied past it Isle Royal 45 miles long and 10 miles wide, Heavy virgin forests of pine, bireh, and sugar maples clothe . its rocks. Ity ridges .once reefa of great glacial take Superior are outpostn of the Ontario highlande, ninarals, gold, robalt, and nd it Te natural® that its should have copper. Another out post, Kewssnaw peninsula across the ake ik one of the world's leading apper producers, “Not until the last few years has any human being regularly stayed on the island all winter Probably the man who lives there all year round now would not stay were ha not paid by the State of Michizan to kil wolves which eross from the mainland on the jce, Wolves are the ehief enemy of a Jarge herd of moose, esti. mated to number mare (han 1,800, winich make the isiand particularly interesting as a possible park. About 100 caribon are eaid to live on the Jisland “Onee Isle Noyal heard the voiees of civilization a rugh, A company worked a copper mine with 1913, but the 1veing were not as the Keweenaw deposit island was once more abandoned to Nature Tresh Water for Salt “Now 1sle Tioyal is inhabited by a few fishermen and summer reso whe find there the cool qniet of the north woois The fishermen 1is 1s0latrd shacks along the rocky coast setting their nets to catch whitefish, lake-tront, herring and fish Most of them are ane. who gave up the sea for the inland sea of wheat fields in the Ited River Valley But * real sea called and they compromised, accept- ing fresh water instead of salt. 1"resh to mateh while a Ontarin has rare ashestos minere as rece; e in menomines SLeandina ater has harrow perite of open was the Knife river figher- g tales “There LANGROCK AND SINCERITY SPRING SUITS Men like our clothes be- cause they are casy, com- §/ fortable and have the happy quality of looking careless but high class, $35 And More “Dress Well and Succeed!” autposts | [man who went out to gather his nets | they determined ':-vf.«”z-«‘»':\‘.,-..?::‘..,,_. 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