[Magdalen] Time is -- uh ....

[Lynn Ronkainen]

will have to check it out... I know Isle Royal was a trade for something 
with Canada...
L

website: www.ichthysdesigns.com

When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have not a 
single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave me." 
attributed to Erma Bombeck
 "Either Freedom for all or stop talking about Freedom at all" from a talk 
by Richard Rohr

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From: "Grace Cangialosi" <gracecan at gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, November 02, 2015 7:15 PM
To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Time is -- uh ....

> Lynn, how did the UP end up as part of Michigan instead of Wisconsin?
>
>> On Nov 2, 2015, at 7:27 PM, "Lynn Ronkainen" <houstonklr at gmail.com> 
>> wrote:
>>
>> The UP/upper peninsula is the 'other' part of Michigan that is located 
>> between the Lakes Superior, Michigan and the top of Huron and between the 
>> state of Wisconsin to the west and  Canada to the east.
>>
>> Isle Royal, almost to the Canadian Shore, in Lake Superior, is also part 
>> of Michigan. It is reachable by plane, ferry and private boat and is a 
>> State Park (famous for its study of wolves and moose). It is used for 
>> camping and most people 'pack' in and hike various trails across or 
>> around the island after they have been delivered by ferry or plane. 
>> There are a few cabins 'for rent' at the main boat landing point which 
>> require reservations which are sometimes doled out via a lottery system.
>>
>> Mackinac Island is also part of Michigan and located in the northern part 
>> of Lake Huron. It has no cars (with the exception of an EMC - emergency 
>> vehicle) and although open year round sees most of it's tourist traffic 
>> in summer and fall. People ride bikes there, and there are horse and 
>> buggy 'taxis'. There is a State Park there also in the footprint of a 
>> Fort from the American Revolution and the French and Indian wars (IIRC).
>>
>> Most of the UP is on Central time, but the counties that are closest to 
>> Wisconsin are not.
>>
>> Lynn
>>
>> website: www.ichthysdesigns.com
>>
>> When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have 
>> not a single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You 
>> gave me." attributed to Erma Bombeck
>> "Either Freedom for all or stop talking about Freedom at all" from a talk 
>> by Richard Rohr
>>
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>> From: "Roger Stokes" <roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com>
>> Sent: Monday, November 02, 2015 5:11 PM
>> To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
>> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Time is -- uh ....
>>
>>>> On 02/11/2015 20:09, Cantor03--- via Magdalen wrote:
>>>> In a message dated 11/2/2015 2:21:59 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
>>>> houstonklr at gmail.com writes:
>>>>
>>>> in  Michigan's UP dusk following sunset in the summer, on the 'west 
>>>> coast'
>>>> can  still be pink-horizon at 10;30  pm!
>>>> Lynn>>>>>>>>
>>>>  Talk about strange hours for sunlight:  Only the four southwestern  UP
>>>> counties are in the Central Zone.
>>>
>>> Translation please, UP?  Is that the bit of Michigan which is North of 
>>> Wisconsin on the West side of Lake Michigan?
>>>
>>> Roger
>>