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Williamson Island on lake Insula history?

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PiperMike

06/24/2016 03:05PM

Does anyone know the history behind Williamson Island on lake Insula? I was wondering, but could not find anything about it online.
Just wondering
Mike

"Love many, trust a few, and always paddle your own canoe"

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PiperMike

06/26/2016 07:55PM

Someone said there could have been a camp resort on the island. There used to of been an old dock on the island and a rock with the the name on it. Any more thoughts?

"Love many, trust a few, and always paddle your own canoe"

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TrekScouter

06/26/2016 09:19PM

The rock is still there.

"To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize" - Voltaire

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DeanL

06/26/2016 10:30PM

As of 2 weeks ago the rock is still in the grass area right behind the fire area. It's hard but intriguing to think there could have been a resort on the island, its not very big at all.

"Leave it as it is.....The ages have been at work on it and man can only mar it." Theodore Roosevelt

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PiperMike

06/26/2016 10:38PM

Yes I know, but to me anyways, it looks very old. Does anyone have any thoughts?

"Love many, trust a few, and always paddle your own canoe"

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BWPaddler

06/27/2016 02:02AM

How do you carve a name into a rock like that? (NO, I don't plan to try it myself, just curious.)

Wherever there is a channel for water, there is a road for the canoe. -Thoreau

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FOG51

06/27/2016 05:56AM

To BWPaddler; borrow your buddies knife and get a rock hammer. FRED

Grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked, the good fourtune to remember the ones do, and the eyesight to tell the differance.

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old_salt

06/27/2016 07:54AM

As a Williamson, please don't trespass on my island. Thanks.

Livin' the dream. Just another day in Paradise...

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old_salt

06/27/2016 07:54AM

As a Williamson, please don't trespass on my island. Thanks.

Livin' the dream. Just another day in Paradise...

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old_salt

06/27/2016 07:54AM

As a Williamson, please don't trespass on my island. Thanks.

Livin' the dream. Just another day in Paradise...

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PiperMike

06/27/2016 08:09AM

Who knows

"Love many, trust a few, and always paddle your own canoe"

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BWPaddler

06/27/2016 03:11PM

quote FOG51: "To BWPaddler; borrow your buddies knife and get a rock hammer. FRED"

Ouch! Think it would feel like nails on a chalk board to me.

Wherever there is a channel for water, there is a road for the canoe. -Thoreau

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JackpineJim

06/27/2016 10:31PM

Looks like a Viking runestone from Lief Erickson's day. The Erickson's and Williamson's roamed Minnesota back before Columbus sailed the ocean blue. Left the Kensington runestone a little further west. ;)

Wilderness both captivates your soul and sets it free :)

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