The Grenada gazette., 1888-02-11
THE PICTURED ROCKS.


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scsnery Of Remarkable App~arsuss Along
Lake superior's shores.
On the southern shore Of Lake Su.
perior. and some seventy miles west Of
Whitctish Point, and \ short distance
east Of Munesing, are the famous
Pictured Rocks. These may be des-
cribed as . series Of sandstone bluffs,
rising in many places abruptly out Of
the water TO height varying from 50
to 200 feet. Two features impart to
the scenery its remarkable appearance;
the one, the strange style Of the cli6
excavations, worn away by the action
Of the lake. and the other the quite a.
strange way large portions Of the sur
face have been colored by bands Of
brilliant colors. To the first is to be
ascribed the name Giles Portails'D
given the rocks by the French voya-
geurs. and to the many hues which the
series Of bluffs hold so boldly is to be
traced the American name Of Pictured
Rocks. 1t is not known when this
term was first applied to them. The
denuding effects Of the water upon
these cliffs are shown for distance of
about five miles along the shore. There
is no beach. the cliffs rising vertically
out Of the water. In visiting the rocks.
two ways are taken, by passing them
in steamer, and in taking boat at
some Of the nearest points. as Munes-
ing; the steamers run near enough in
good weather for tourists to obtain a
passing view. In going from east 70
west we noticed few of the most inn
portant objects. The Chapel is a
vaulted apartment in the rock. thirty or
forty feet above the lake level anarched
roof Of sandstone rests on four columns
of rock so as to leave an apartment
about forty feet in diameter and the
same in length; within are pulpit and
altar West a short distance Of the
chapel is Chapel river, which falls over
a rocky ledge fifteen feet high into the
lake. The Grand Portal is tho most
imposing feature of the series; it is 100
feet high by 1853 broad at the water
level, and the cliff is cut in rises above
the arch, making the whole height 1856
feet the great cave, entered through
the Portal, extends back in the shape of
a vaulted room, the arches Of the roof
built Of yellow limestone and the sides
fretted into fantastic shapes by storm
driven waves. About mile west is
Sail Rock, group of detached rocks.
which bear resemblance to the main
sail and jib of sloop; the height Of
this is about forty feet. Miners Castle,
hive miles west Of the Chapel, and just
west Of Miners river. is the western
end of the Pictured Rocks, and rescm-
bles an old turreted castle with an
arched portal; the height Of the ad-
vanced mass in which the Gothic gate
way may be recognized is about sew
'nty feet and the height Of the main
wall forming the background is l4O
!eet. In regard to another part of the
Rocks writer says: "ln one
'lace there stands a majestic profile
ooking north--a woman's face, the
Empress of the Lakes 1t is the
pleasure of her royal highness to visit
he rock only by night Diana Of the
lew world. In the day time search is
'ain; she will not reveal herself; but
When tiie low down moon shines across
he water. behold she appears. She
ooks to the north, not sadly. not
ternly. like the old Man OF the White
Mountain, but benign Of aspect. and 80
'eautiful In her rounded, womsnly
urves that the late watcher falls into
he dream of Endymion; but when he
7akes in the gray dawn he finds her
one and only shapeless rock glistens
n the rays Of the rising sun, Chicago