Listen to the history – past and present – that connects our community.

Grant Merritt beaming at Merritt Camp in Tobin’s Harbor
Grant Merritt details the influence Isle Royale had on his career as an environmental attorney and activist. Interview by Carolyn Klein (daughter).
Jean Rockwell Anderson


(From left) Jean’s grandmother Bertha Morse, Jean’s Aunt Alice Warren, with Jean (age 2) on her lap, across from them is Jean’s mother, Mildred Morse Rockwell, Jean’s older sister Cornelia (Connie) Rockwell and next to her, not pictured, Jean’s sister Rowena Rockwell. 
Photo likely taken by Frank Warren (Jean’s uncle) in Uncle Frank and Aunt Alice’s boat. 1929.
Jean Rockwell Anderson reads excerpts from her book Summertime at Isle Royale.
(From left) Lucile, Laurie, John, Joan and Roy at Merritt camp, across from Snell camp in Tobin’s Harbor.
Molly Richter, daughter of John Snell and Janet Flory and granddaughter of Joan and Laurie Snell, reads an except on Isle Royale from Joan Snell’s memoir.