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Under the National Park Service’s favored option, 52 of the structures would be preserved, 23 would be “stabilized,” 18 would be left to deteriorate in place and seven would be removed.
Under the National Park Service’s favored option, 52 of the structures would be preserved, 23 would be “stabilized,” 18 would be left to deteriorate in place and seven would be removed.
The cabins predate the national park and some are still occupied by the descendants of the people who built them.
Isle Royale’s historic cabins were sold to the U.S. government generations ago, but a series of deals allowed family descendants to continue to use them. Now, the park service is debating which cabins to keep, and whether to open them to the public.
We look at how the park service and historic families grapple with what the future could look like on Isle Royale as an era winds down in the third and final part in the News Tribune's series on families that have cabins in Isle Royale National Park.