Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties

Porkies State Park offers respite from summer heat

By P.J. GLISSON

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WAKEFIELD TOWNSHIP — Water and shade are two ways to find relief from warm temperatures, and both options are available in abundance at the Presque Isle Unit of the Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park.

Both local and out-of-town folks were taking advantage of the choices on Sunday at the Wakefield Township location.

The Presque Isle Unit of the park is about 20 minutes north of M-28 in Wakefield, via North County Road 519.

Loaded with towering, old-growth trees, the park’s trail system offers a pleasant hike in itself, as attested by Michel...

 
 
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