There are Three Rivers on Isle Royale Are All Called the Siskiwit

While many Michigan residents may fantasize about a trip to Isle Royale, few make the long journey to the remote Lake Superior island.

In fact, few ever do - it ranks time and again as the least visited National Park in the continental United States.

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If you do make a trip via boat or plane to Isle Royale and begin to explore the island, you may be confused with you encounter the Siskiwit River - there are three of them, the only named rivers on Isle Royale.

Isle Royale is home to the Siskiwit River, the Big Siskiwit River and the Little Siskiwit River.

Here's where the naming of the rivers gets even a bit more odd:

The Siskiwit River at 0.4 miles is the shortest of the rivers, connecting Siskiwit Lake (the largest lake on Isle Royale) to Siskiwit Bay.

The Big Siskiwit River is the medium length of the three rivers bearing the name. It runs 8 miles across the island to Siskiwit Bay.

Little Siskiwit River is, paradoxically, the longest of the three rivers at 9 miles.

The Ishpeming Trail crosses the Siskiwit River right near its mouth. The Island Mile Trail crosses both the Big Siskiwit River near its meeting the bay and the Little Siskiwit River near the Island Mine Campground where it rises.

The siskiwit name is meaningful in this portion of western Lake Superior. It is given to other geographic features in Wisconsin and the name of a species of trout in the region.

It is also gives its name to a dispute, the Tragedy of the Siskiwit, between the Ojibwe and Fox First Nations dating back to the 1600s.