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A visit to the Isle Royale Cemetery ...

Introduction ...

Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Isle Royale Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Isle Royale Cemetery (FG ID #2354871).

Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. As an example and without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery had actually been buried elsewhere.

We discovered that his burial plans had changed at the last moment and the family had scrambled to make new arrangements. By looking at nearby cemeteries, the surrounding communities and in newspapers of the period, we were finally able to locate his burial site.

Should you find yourself in the same situation, we hope that our Gazetteer helps you discover your lost ancestor.

The Location of the Isle Royale Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Isle Royale Cemetery:

47.9164, -89.0178

Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Isle Royale Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<2>

The Isle Royale Cemetery is located in Keweenaw County<3>.

. Eagle River lies 48 miles [77.2 km]<4> to the southeast of the Isle Royale Cemetery .

Open a Google Map centered on the Isle Royale Cemetery.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of only one cemetery that is within 24 miles [38.6 km] of the Isle Royale Cemetery:<5>

  • Cemetery Island
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)

For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 5 communities are within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4> of the Isle Royale Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Isle Royale Cemetery, with the nearest first:

  • Cloud Bay
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Crooks
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crooks
  • Jarvis River
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Neebing
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neebing
  • Pardee
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pardee

For the full list of neighboring communities with details, please visit our extended List of Communities.

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their websites are open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that might help with the Isle Royale Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to Michigan:
  • Pages specific to Keweenaw County:
  • Cemetery Information and Directories:
  • Miscellaneous References and Mentions ...

    Our approach is to add the name of a cemetery whenever we see it mentioned - usually from newspapers, old books and maps. Typically we have little information to start with, but we continue to add detail as we find it.

    We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that we found useful for the Isle Royale Cemetery:

    Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #2354871

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #2112190  (Isle Royale Cemetery)
      • Note: In 2021, GNIS record #2112190 was archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website. In the past, the GNIS record contained the following information:
      • BGN Class: cemetery
      • County: Keweenaw
      • Est. Elev: 228 (in feet)
      • Topo Map Name: Sugar Mountain
      • Location given for Isle Royale Cemetery:
      • Lat: 47.9163889     Lon: -89.0177778
      • Open a Google Map centered on the above location.

    Footnotes ...

    <1>The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com.
    <2>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
    <3>If you're interested in how the shape of Michigan's counties, including Keweenaw, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
    <4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Isle Royale Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
    <5>While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), be assured that it's not complete and we're still searching for cemeteries to add.