Hiking The Rock Cut
Nestled deep in the backcountry between Mt. Arvon and Craig Lake State Park is a unique historical feature where mining and railroad history meet up with geology. The Rock Cut was an excavation undertaken to maintain an appropriate grade for the Iron Range and Huron Bay Railroad on its journey from Champion to Huron Bay on Lake Superior. This past Sunday our hiking group journeyed into this area that is well off the beaten path.
A number of historical sources report this early 1890s excavation to be 1,000 feet in length and that some 40,000 cubic yards of rock were removed.
You can only imagine how back-breaking this work had to be without the excavating equipment available today. Amazingly, this venture went bankrupt and never operated, coming to be known as the railroad that never ran.
On our return trip we also hiked to Slate Flume Falls and made a stop to see both Black Slate Falls and Quartzite Falls. All three of these waterfalls are located on the Slate River.
You can see my GoPro video from these adventures on the Remote Workforce Keweenaw YouTube channel at this link:
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