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I just picked up a book on haunted national park hikes. It included some stories on Isle Royale. It talks about ghost ships and Alice Mott. Has anyone else read this book? It is called Haunted Hikes.

I haven't heard of this book, but "haunted" and "hiking" sound like my jam. I'll have to check it out. Thanks for the recommendation!

That sounds pretty intriguing. Did the book mention specific trails or locations on the island? What is making them haunted places? Have people seen ghosts or heard weird noises or maybe an occasional misty aberration of a moose floating though the air?

One time I pulled up to the Wood Lake campground, alone, and the only other people there were a family packing their canoes to leave. While the parents packed, the little children took me up to the overlook over Siskiwit Lake (beautiful spot) and told me they had just spread their aunt's ashes right there, which is a cool place to do that--don't get me wrong. The parents called to them, and they ran off and I stood there watching their canoes cross Siskiwit Lake. I was all alone. I swam in Wood Lake. This sounds silly and is more a statement about my imagination that hauntings, but after my swim I got in my kayak and portaged over to Lake Whittlesey and spent the night there instead. I knew I would never sleep at the Wood Lake campgrouond.

It talked about Mott island and the story of Alice Mott and the meaning of Windigo. Also of the many shipwrecks off of Isle Royale. There is only a few stories about IR, there are more on other parks.

Shhhhh! That's illegal, you know.

Great story Kevinl,

That spot overlooking Siskiwit Lake was the highlight of my October 2006 trip. We took a daytrip there from Chippewa Harbor. I really hope to camp at Wood lake someday. That view was amazing.