Flooded Mountains in Lake Superior? | Huron Island Lighthouse, Michigan

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8 ай бұрын

Three miles off the coast of Lake Superior, you'll find a chain of islands that just might be 2.5-billion-year-old, submerged mountains. This is the story of the Huron Islands, and the Huron Island Lighthouse.
Thanks to the Huron Island Lighthouse Preservation Association for supporting this video, and for getting me out to Lighthouse Island! If you're interested in supporting their work at the lighthouse, you can learn more and donate at www.huronislandlighthouse.org.
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@charliecapo3442 8 ай бұрын

I don't understand how everyone in Michigan isn't as excited as you are about how amazing MI really is!

@Michigander269 2 ай бұрын

I fully agree, but she's definitely not alone!

@i2308Matt Ай бұрын

Cause people in Michigan don’t think it’s that fun

@jorklind Ай бұрын

@@i2308Matt Na fam - I've loved Michigan history after that one summer my dad and I spent a few weeks just going around in the U.P.

@Roylamx Ай бұрын

Not everyone's easily excited about the weather.

@rorybellamy2533 8 ай бұрын

Alexis does not fail to educate, She ROCKS! "We'll leave the Light on for you "

@jeffsiegwart 8 ай бұрын

As a Yooper, I really enjoy your Michigan information videos. Thank you for doing the work and sharing. 🐾

@dragongock 24 күн бұрын

michigan tech geology student here, and this video made me SO HAPPY ive always been fascinated by Michigan's geological features

@williandalsoto806 8 ай бұрын

Can't believe I suddenly care to learn so much about Michigan, thanks to you!

@AlexisDahl 8 ай бұрын

Ha ha, well, I'm glad to hear it! For what it's worth, I wouldn't have believed *I* would want to learn this much about Michigan if you'd asked me five years ago. 🙂

@williandalsoto806 8 ай бұрын

@@AlexisDahl Right, but it makes sense for you to enjoy learning about your region, but I'm from Brazil lol You're just so good at story telling and your enthusiasm is contagious!

@markdoherty3718 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for making history fun and interesting, you do great work

@zacharyliles8657 8 ай бұрын

I adore your work Alexis. I'm a proud Michigander and I love learning about our history. There are so many fascinating stories and places that I have simply never heard of. Thank you for teaching me about some of them

@AlexisDahl 8 ай бұрын

Thank you very much! I've really enjoyed getting to learn about things like this, and I'm glad people enjoy hearing about it!

@sierrafoxtrotgolf3638 8 ай бұрын

If all entertainment could be this educational and if all education could be this entertaining, the world would be a better place.

@vgalea 8 ай бұрын

I was born and lived most of my life in Michigan. Now that I am in Europe, your videos give welcome and treasured insghts into aspects of history, geology, and geography, some familiar and most very new. You obviously love what you do. Keep it up.

@benjaminscribner7737 8 ай бұрын

My favorite happy gal doing what she does best. Teaching people about her state. Your videos always put a smile on my face.

@gregraj 8 ай бұрын

Same here ... and I'm from Canada! 😊

@GhostNinja0007 3 ай бұрын

Personally I’m from Minnesota, it’s really interesting to hear about the stuff close by to my home. Love her content also!

@ThatOneSpartanFan 8 ай бұрын

As someone from downriver, I really hope to see some Lake Erie projects soon! But seriously, thank you so much! Your content is truly amazing.

@AlexisDahl 8 ай бұрын

I'd love to spend some more time Downriver! With winter getting ready to roll in, I likely won't be doing any big filming trips downstate this year, but we'll see what I can do for 2024. 🙂 (My video next month will feature a stop in Adrian, though!)

@ThatOneSpartanFan 8 ай бұрын

@@AlexisDahl ohhhh, cool!

@ronsamborski6230 8 ай бұрын

@@AlexisDahl A suggestion for a Downriver topic (Detroit, more specifically) is the new Gordie Howe Bridge being built to increase international travel between Michigan and Canada. Or maybe the salt mines below the surface of the Detroit area. That’s got geology mixed in with it, too! 🧂✋🏽

@Bluebloods7 5 ай бұрын

Bah, nobody cares about that little puddle 😝

@curlyrooster118 3 ай бұрын

A ride through the shipping channels and spoils Limestone rules downriver. Crystal bay and silica sands. Detroit salt mine. Soil types and diversity. Very old gravesites in Trenton. Cira 1600's Flowing Sulfur well that stopped after owner dies.

@commandermudpie 8 ай бұрын

Bravo. Well done. One more place I need to try to visit in my beautiful Michigan. and... the mortar work on the stone building is spectacular!

@brianhapeman9262 8 ай бұрын

I kid you not - I rewatched two of your previous videos just this morning because I was missing hearing your stories. Your work and presentation is so enjoyable.

@RoxnDox 8 ай бұрын

Another great video, Alexis! Geology, boat trips, and a historic lighthouse - what more could we ask for? And as always, your cheerful enthusiasm and lovely smile completes the picture...

@jonrose5114 8 ай бұрын

Another great historical video! That lighthouse island is amazing. You do a great job making cool informational videos of the best state in the USA. Our Michigan! Thanks for sharing

@garymaclean6903 8 ай бұрын

Humans can't fully appreciate the immense length of time, nor all the changes that have occurred, that have given us the environment we share today. Geologists and Paleontologists put together the layers of clues trying to make sense of it all. Your wonder at the immensity of our natural history is particularly refreshing. We all need to have an appreciation of this history, in order to better appreciate these gifts. We have not treated our environment well, and we will leave a future much less promising for our descendants if we aren't better stewards of our environment.

@davidvanderwood9649 5 ай бұрын

I have lived in this state for almost 70 years and the most interesting things i have learned about my home state i have aquired from yiur videos over the last 4 years

@AlexisDahl 5 ай бұрын

That's really meaningful to hear. Thank you for saying so!

@mikestahl3322 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for your hard work 💜

@AlexisDahl 8 ай бұрын

Thanks, Mike! I appreciate that.

@Coffeeology 8 ай бұрын

I recently move from TX to near lake Ontario and your videos make me want to learn all about the geological history of this area.

@AlexisDahl 8 ай бұрын

Oh, man, amazing! I haven't made it over to Lake Ontario for this series (yet?), but I bet there are some great stories over there.

@celowski6296 8 ай бұрын

Kudos to you! Your vids about Michigan are wonderful. Lots of awesome geology and history here in Michigan.

@elizabethvandeventer5487 2 ай бұрын

I had been studying Michigan on Google earth years ago, and had determined then that Michigan had been made by a volcano. I expressed my finding to a few choice friends and they all thought that I was totally mistaken about it. I'm glad that years later I have been vindicated by several newer studies. Thank you!!!

@vilstef6988 6 ай бұрын

Thanks Alexis! Pretty fascinating piece of history! Toward the center of Lake Superior, there's a drowned mountain called Superior Shoal. There's hardly anything about it on KZfaq.

@Al_G 8 ай бұрын

I must have just missed you at Cut River Bridge judging but the colors in the email pic 😆. Stoked for the new video!

@chadportenga7858 6 ай бұрын

It's so cool to see just how far the Canadian Shield reaches. My parents have a cabin on an island in the far northern part of Lake Huron (McGreggor Bay to be exact) and the land looks just like the rocks you showed in this video. In fact, there were a couple of places that I could have sworn I recognized from Canada! I've also been to Boundary Waters Canoe Area in Northern Minnesota and my two sons felt that lakes and streams reminded them of visiting my parents cabin. Another interesting factoid about McGreggor Bay and some one of your other videos - I found a piece of rock on my folks island that was a large (baseball sized) igneous rock. I checked with my cousin (a PhD geologist) and he speculated that it was from a volcano, possibly the one you spoke of in your video ("The Biggest Lava Flow On Earth") or maybe a prehistoric one in Ontario.

@mikesimon8094 8 ай бұрын

You always add a smile to my day! Thank you teacher!

@Denebreus 8 ай бұрын

Another superb video presentation, miss Alexis! Well done!

@AlexisDahl 8 ай бұрын

Hey, thanks so much! I hope you're doing well! 🙂

@wilbard6708 8 ай бұрын

Another great video, my wife is fascinated with lighthouses so she will enjoy this also. Thanks!! Glad you are enjoying the changing weather and great colors of Michigan. Those states south of us just don't have the brilliant colors we have , lucky us.

@timerickson7905 2 ай бұрын

My grandmother and her siblings grew up on these islands. Her father was the Lighthouse keeper with the coast guard and lived there during the summers. I'm guessing from the 1920's through 50's or 60's? He retired as the keeper of the old Houghton Lighthouse in the canal somewhere.

@Davett53 8 күн бұрын

6/2024...I grew up in Cleveland, and I love learning about all the Great Lakes. Cleveland sits on the shores of Lake Erie. We used to visit Michigan during the summer, when I was young. I recently have been studying the Salt deposits beneath all the Great Lakes. I've been living in (land locked) Columbus, Ohio for the last 40 years. I like your video. Thanks.

@matthewthompsonr 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for this awesome story of one of our many light houses. I never get tired of the depth of history our state has in even the remotest places. I have a connection to our MI light houses, my Aunt and Uncle worked on the restoration of the Point Iroquois light house in the 80's and 90's. My Aunt worked on the lighthouse museum and today works for the Sault Saint Marie Historical Society. While my Uncle did much of the physical renovation. The UP is really such an amazing place, and I'm always so thankful when I can visit.

@CheapDrumsGuy 7 ай бұрын

Your videos are among the finest KZfaq has to offer. Very well done! i look forward to watching these especially around Superior.

@johnimmo1 Ай бұрын

I have been following your videos for a while now, and really enjoy them. I was blown away when you mentioned Burt Mason! Used to work with him a couple of years ago and he is truly one of those great people on this earth. Good to see him in his element!

@jeffgerndt2813 8 ай бұрын

Great story! Nice opportunity to be able to visit. Thanks for the history.

@PracticalKen Ай бұрын

Great history and adventure. Thank you for taking us along. 😀

@C.Schmidt 8 ай бұрын

You know... There's something to be said about the quiet solemnity of a lighthouse keeping constant vigil over the rock it was made from. Maybe even more so when that rock itself has marked the passing of eons.

@AlexisDahl 8 ай бұрын

Truly. It seems like the kind of thing that would benefit from a really beautiful animation, showing the rock being moved and exposed to different elements and reformed (sometimes into a lighthouse) over the eons.

@repeatdefender6032 2 ай бұрын

Your videos make me miss Michigan so much. There are so many things I never got to see there.

@tommycrete 2 күн бұрын

Traditional homeland of the Chippewa, Ottawa and Potawatomi people was over by the mouth of the St. Lawrence River. They started migrating west about 1000 years ago, ending up in the Upper Great Lakes area around 1600s.

@michaelb3945 7 ай бұрын

Been too long since I watched one of your videos. This was awesome. In the 80’s, I did a business trip to the UP every October. Still think about those trips every year in October. As I’m approaching retirement, I need to recreate those trips.😊

@AlexisDahl 7 ай бұрын

Thanks, Michael! Also, those trips sound great. I hope you get the opportunity to visit the fall again!

@kenmrock9334 8 ай бұрын

Love your walk down the history trail.

@michaelalberts7609 8 ай бұрын

Another great vid. I am impressed with your gift of storytelling, and I appreciated the blending of ancient (geologic), old (native) and more recent history. Keep up the good work!

@AlexisDahl 8 ай бұрын

Thanks, Michael! There were a lot of elements to this story, so I'm glad they came together well enough. 🙂

@jamiepeake7884 Ай бұрын

we canoed to the island when i was in college.. we made it there and then the weather picked up and we were stranded overnight. crazy adventure!!

@sierrafoxtrotgolf3638 8 ай бұрын

Another great video, thank you for sharing. Tony

@stanniemi7929 8 ай бұрын

Alexis, you are the best! You have a gift for teaching and story telling. Keep up your magnificent work!

@AlexisDahl 8 ай бұрын

Thanks, Stan! I'm trying to learn a little more about storytelling with each video, so I really appreciate hearing that.

@jeffdetrick 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for the content; keep up the great work. I grew up and lived in MIchigan for 36 years before moving for work and I just love the state.

@thejaebeing Ай бұрын

Next to Bush Radical and Lady in the Woods, this is one of my favourite UP channels in this platform.

@johnrogers1661 2 ай бұрын

Once again you expertly and adroitly weave science(geology) and history(the Huron Islands Lighthouses) and make every second exciting. Thank you so much for your efforts. You mention volunteers to the environmental and historical causes in the UP and now I want to help when I retire in Texas in a couple years and use my varied and many skills for the benefit of all. Thank you for the inspiration!

@denisehaley9271 8 ай бұрын

Thank you for another great video. You're a fantastic story teller and your enthusiasm is infectious. Keep bring us more great history on our home state young lady❤

@AlexisDahl 8 ай бұрын

Thank you, Denise! I really appreciate the encouragement. 🙂

@danielb295 Ай бұрын

I could listen to you all night

@tonydeardorff 7 ай бұрын

Been catching up on your videos the past couple of days. I love your content so much. Been a Michigander my whole life and you seem to teach me something new every time. I really appreciated this video as my goal is to see every National Forest, National Park, and National Wildlife Refuge in Michigan. I am down just Huron Island and Harbor Island National Wildlife Refuges. There is so little info on either of them. Your information was so informative! Thank you and keep up the great work!

@ronsamborski6230 8 ай бұрын

Today when perusing the list of KZfaq channels I follow, I was thrilled to see that yours showed a new upload. As always, the video was very interesting and you delivered it in your unique style. Thank you Alexis! ✋🏽

@AlexisDahl 8 ай бұрын

Thanks, Ron! That's an honor!

@LadyYoop 8 ай бұрын

Oh Alexis...this is so cool...you honestly do the BEST vids! You rock!

@Hobotraveler82 Ай бұрын

Beautiful place. Could see myself enjoying the views and exploring. 😊

@finpainter1 2 ай бұрын

Spent a weekend in the old house years ago. Great lake trout fishing there.

@dennisoconnell6851 8 ай бұрын

Loved this. I love getting to see all the hidden gems in Michigan I cannot get to myself. Thank you. I'm beginning to think the tourism board should be funding you.

@AlexisDahl 8 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

@wenfritsch4647 2 ай бұрын

We spent a day there in 2003. Awesome

@Andre-ft6wx Ай бұрын

I love your work. So upbeat and well written. Thanks.

@sheilafranklin186 8 ай бұрын

Another great video, Alexis!! I always learn so much and appreciate all that you do to bring us such interesting bits of our magnificent states history.

@IronWolfOverland 8 ай бұрын

Great video! I’m still working on trails through our cedar swamp forest on the Stonington Peninsula. But when I’m up there and the weather’s bad, I can use your videos as a list of great places to visit. Great work!

@jaysartori9032 8 ай бұрын

Very Interesting, Alexis have you thought of doing books on tape? Because you have a very calming voice for audiobooks?

@AlexisDahl 8 ай бұрын

Interesting! I can't say I've ever considered that, but I'll keep that in mind the next time I'm looking for more projects. 🙂

@magnus9165 8 ай бұрын

Thanks Alexis.

@xawfx 2 ай бұрын

Ive been on that island with the lighthouse back around 2016 we were camping on the beach at the mouth of the huron river, we took a way smaller boat out there, it was a really cool experience to be there i got a pictures aswell. Good to see a video about the history of it. We plan on going back there to camp someday on the island

@axs62 6 ай бұрын

Another great video Alexis. Thank You!

@vmj255 2 ай бұрын

Burt is a great guy! Glad you got to meet him.

@raayna6630 8 ай бұрын

Thanks Alexis, I needed a big smile on my face today. Love this vid, thanks again.

@BIGGEOFF40 8 ай бұрын

Awesome video 👍🏾

@randygyulay5114 8 ай бұрын

As always, thank you for the wonderful bit of history.

@falconquest2068 6 ай бұрын

Anmother great video. I always love remote islands!

@Mike-126 8 ай бұрын

Excellent video. Very informative.

@alaenke 7 ай бұрын

Fascinating!

@winterburden 8 ай бұрын

Thank you, that's so cool!

@rksnj6797 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for another very interesting video! As always, filled with great information, history, and beautiful scenery!

@craigc239 8 ай бұрын

LOVE STORY TIME!

@vickilindberg6336 3 ай бұрын

Thank you Huron Isl Lighthouse Assoc!

@rjsmith6698 8 ай бұрын

From one Great Lake’r to another, thanks for another interesting video.

@andysandell4070 5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for the valuable content! Ive only ever seen the islands from the shore

@timdyersr4372 8 ай бұрын

Love the history alexis & your channel

@jimcurtis569 6 ай бұрын

Good video. I appreciate you showing us things that most of us might know know about, or aren't easy to get to.

@parithrush7921 4 ай бұрын

Great work!

@karlhoffman5290 Ай бұрын

We've made it there on sleds and it's an amazing area.. love your vids! I live northwest of Rockford Illinois on the Wisconsin border . Shirland baby!! Been going to u.p whole life . Not enuff said about it.. thank you

@seekayaker 8 ай бұрын

Another great video! Thanks! I have kayaked out to visit the Huron Islands lighthouse and islands several times. Your video is the first time seeing inside the lighthouse which looks in pretty good shape compared to many I have visited.

@jakenotfromstatefarm 8 ай бұрын

Awesome video! I recently came across you channel. So happy I did!

@SpenceRoper 26 күн бұрын

Great video. Lots of fascinating information. REALLY REALLY wanted to see INSIDE the buildings SO MUCH though.

@Bluebloods7 5 ай бұрын

Calm, serene, relaxing... totally xen.... BOOOM! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@rodneygilbertson2231 2 ай бұрын

Your videos are fantastic!

@Just_my_simple_life 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for this video. Earlier this year I was sitting at Point Abbaye wishing I could visit the islands.

@kenh9508 Ай бұрын

Thank you!

@johnlounsbury6191 2 ай бұрын

wonderully informative video, thanks

@gailamallery2456 2 ай бұрын

A white throated sparrow singing in the background. So beautiful

@williamparrish673 8 ай бұрын

Your beautiful face and inexhaustible enthusiasm is just a joy to watch. If you made a video of paint drying I would watch it!

@rustynail9007 8 ай бұрын

Wow funny ive always been curious about some of these islands. Pretty cool

@yooper6161 2 ай бұрын

It should be noted that when the Ojibwa have their closed season fishery out of the mouth of the Huron River. Truck loads of trash taken away every year. We pulled 2 boat motors and a mattress out of the alder swamp on the back of the beach where the Huron River runs through. Also be warned that kayaking out to those islands are for skilled paddlers only. It's has taken so many lives. Including an entire family 15 years ago or so.

@Oddzilla51 8 ай бұрын

Very cool history! :)

@pennymink5706 Ай бұрын

Great story

@jvissers3086 8 ай бұрын

Burt has taken me on the same trip. Nice guy.

@SplayBook-95 7 ай бұрын

Amazing video!!! Always interesting to see info on Michigan lighthouses and geology. I see you're getting closer to the Huron mountains, maybe the club will let you in one day!

@AlexisDahl 7 ай бұрын

Ha ha, I'm not holding my breath - but it would be very cool to see what's in that area.

@erwinveenhoven 8 ай бұрын

Lovely video again! A lighthouse, close to the oldest exposed rock on the planet with 'fresh' 1.1 billon year old intrusions and a cute UP North sweater. Keep 'm comming, and I think the sweater would make a great merch item!

@AlexisDahl 8 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! And ha ha, I do love the sweater. It's from Up North Trading Company over in Minnesota. 🙂

@mangoman62 7 күн бұрын

You should do a segment about that sparrow that imitates a black-capped chickadee.

@Omnifarious0 8 ай бұрын

Ancient mountain by a definition of 'ancient' that's probably a bit beyond most people's conception of that word. Thank you. That was interesting. 🙂

@rharden583 8 ай бұрын

Good story.

@AaronOfMpls 8 ай бұрын

Hello again from Minnesota! Always fun to see more from you -- you find the most interesting things from the UP! (Plus lighthouses are just cool, anyway. 💡) [y no lighthouse emoji, unicode]