Q 01/05

Isle Royale National Park lies in which of the Great Lakes?

A) Superior

B) Michigan

C) Huron

D) Ontario

Answer · why

A) Superior

The main island is the largest natural island in that lake and the second-largest in all the Great Lakes after Manitoulin.

Q 02/05

Isle Royale is about 15 miles from Ontario and Minnesota, but how many miles from the Michigan shore?

A) 56

B) 20

C) 35

D) 90

Answer · why

A) 56

The nearest Michigan land is the Keweenaw Peninsula on the Upper Peninsula; Thunder Bay and Grand Portage are far closer.

Q 03/05

How long is Isle Royale?

A) 20 miles

B) 30 miles

C) 45 miles

D) 38 miles

Answer · why

C) 45 miles

It is 9 miles across at its widest, and at about 207 square miles is the fifth-largest lake island in the world.

Q 04/05

In which year was Isle Royale National Park established?

A) 1946

B) 1952

C) 1940

D) 1956

Answer · why

C) 1940

Congress authorised it in 1931 and Franklin Roosevelt made it official on April 3, 1940; wilderness designation followed in 1976.

Q 05/05

Isle Royale is the only US national park to do what every winter?

A) Charge no fee

B) Ban all boats

C) Move its headquarters

D) Close entirely

Answer · why

D) Close entirely

It shuts from November 1 to April 15 because of the brutal lake weather, which makes the crossing deadly.