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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- An island of northern Michigan in Lake Superior near the coast of Ontario. French fur traders named the island in 1671. Native Americans mined the island's copper for centuries before ceding the island to the United States in 1843. It is now a national park.
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Opportunity also continued during the first half of September to study the Martian atmosphere, search for clouds by acquiring the traditional six-frame, time-lapse movies with the Pancam images of Bagnold, as well as a nearby cobble called Isle Royale and targets dubbed Schuchert and Drummond.
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Opportunity also continued during the first half of September to study the Martian atmosphere, search for clouds by acquiring the traditional six-frame, time-lapse movies with the Pancam images of Bagnold, as well as a nearby cobble called Isle Royale and targets dubbed Schuchert and Drummond.
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The flora of Isle Royale and the Keweenaw Peninsula is rich in disjunct species from the Pacific Northwest (Cordilleran region), presumably because of the chemical characteristics of the basalt, a bedrock type that is also abundant in the West.
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In the late 1940s, a pack of wolves made the treacherous trip across 15 to 20 miles of frozen waters of Lake Superior to Isle Royale, located not far from the Canadian border.
Speedlinking 10/23/07 William Harryman 2007
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In the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, extensive exposures of basaltic bedrock occur on Isle Royale, the Keweenaw Peninsula, and the Porcupine Mountains.
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So I re-read this book, then moved on to a book Brian bought for the kids, a mediocre sort of Laura Ingalls Wilder story set on Isle Royale called Charlotte Avery on Isle Royale.
Reading, Writing, Cooking and Crafting: Delicate reading Kate 2006
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We just got back from a week of canoeing and camping at Isle Royale and while up there in the boonies, I read a lovely, delicate little book, The Final Solution: A Story of Detection, by Michael Chabon.
Reading, Writing, Cooking and Crafting: Delicate reading Kate 2006
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So I re-read this book, then moved on to a book Brian bought for the kids, a mediocre sort of Laura Ingalls Wilder story set on Isle Royale called Charlotte Avery on Isle Royale.
Archive 2006-07-01 Kate 2006
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We just got back from a week of canoeing and camping at Isle Royale and while up there in the boonies, I read a lovely, delicate little book, The Final Solution: A Story of Detection, by Michael Chabon.
Archive 2006-07-01 Kate 2006
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I have seen it last fifteen minutes in the Isle Royale wolves.
Archive 2005-07-03 2005
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