Huron Bay Geosites
Geosites along Huron Bay
Huron Bay Shorelines offer exceptional exposures of Jacobsville Sandstone, as cliffs ledges and cobble beaches. The area has an advanced plan for excellent recreational access and enjoyment and here we group together and highlight the efforts of the Keweenaw Land Trust and Governmental sites such as the Point Abbaye, Huron River and Huron Islands. Overall it is an outstanding set of sites where geology and biology can be seen and used educationally.
A smaller peninsula, Point Abbaye, parallels the Keweenaw like a little brother. Like many little brothers, this one is wild, mostly undeveloped, and has its own personality…and mystique. Through partnership, persistence, and a lot of hard work, KLT cultivated its most significant land acquisition project to date, the Abbaye Peninsula - Huron Bay Conservation Initiative. In 2015, this Initiative received national recognition and a major boost with a $1 million grant from the National Coastal Wetlands Conservation program (NCWC) of the US Fish and Wildlife Service, matched by many private funders. The Initiative's first major success came later in 2015 with the purchase of the Huron Bay Field Station, a 1,245-acre nature area that forms the heart of the Abbaye Peninsula.
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