Prospecting in Michigan

On the map for Michigan

The legends of Michigan

• The ancient copper of Isle Royale — Genuine 4,500-year-old Indigenous copper mining, and the myths built on it
• The Paulding Light — A real nightly light, with a real and well-tested explanation
• The Nain Rouge of Detroit — Three centuries of continuous city folklore, with a parade to match
• The Edmund Fitzgerald — A fully documented 1975 loss, located and protected as a grave site
• The Michigan Dogman — A modern legend with a documented 1987 origin as a radio song
• Le Griffon, the lost ship — The first and most-hunted Great Lakes shipwreck, still lost since 1679
• The Baldoon Mystery — One of Canada’s oldest documented poltergeist cases, 1820s

Before you dig

A marker is a public record, not permission. Check ownership, active claims and the local rules first — the map shows all three.