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Wave-cut sandstone caves along the lakeshore

Fig. 1Wave-cut sandstone caves along the lakeshore

Photo: NPS Photo · Public domain

Landform

Twenty-two islands of red Cambrian sandstone. Sea caves, receding arches, and a cold freshwater sea the color of bottle glass.

Field note

Devils Island and the mainland caves are the famous faces. In a hard winter the caves freeze into a palace of ice. In summer the water is green enough to see the lakebed.

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