He also proposed a bill to establish the Isle Royale National Park, located in Lake Superior and had the honor of dedicating it in August 1946.
In the mid-1840s, a report by Douglass Houghton, Michigan's first state geologist, set off a copper boom in the state, and the first modern copper mines were opened on the island.
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Windigo, at the southwest end of the island (docking site for the ferries from Minnesota), with a campstore, showers, campsites, and a boat dock.
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It is the sixth park in Michigan listed on the National Park Service, which includes Isle Royale National Park, Keweenaw National Historical Park, Father Marquette National Memorial, Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, and Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore.