Douglas Johnson takes us out to Jacobsville today, to make a kayak visit to one of the Sandstone Quarries located there. From the information Douglas sent, there were a number of quarries where the Jacobsville Sandstone was obtained for the various buildings in the "Lake Superior region". He said these photos are from the first major quarry and there were perhaps 3 to 5 others in the area. Douglas also said that these photos were taken on the very edge of the quarry, where it came close to Lake Superior, adding that the actual quarry extended far north of the Red Rock Road in Jacobsville and is far more extensive than can be seen from the point where he landed with his kayak in the photos.

Just a small sampling (as the list is far too extensive to post all of them) of the buildings that were built with the sandstone from Jacobsville follows:
In Lake Linden: First National Bank building on Third St.; St. Joseph Church on Calumet St.; Village Hall and Fire Station on Calumet St.
In Hubbell: St. Cecilia's School
In Laurium (partial list): A commercial building on Hecla St.; Roehm House on Willow Ave.; Sacred Heart Church (destroyed by fire) on Rockland St.; Dominick Quello Block on Hecla St. near the firehall.
There a countless other buildings throughout the towns here in the Keweenaw also. In fact, the foundation of the home that houses my Adult Foster Care Home here in Lake Linden, is made of sandstone from the Jacobsville Quarry, too.

For more information on the Jacobsville Sandstone Quarries, check out Mike Forgraves, Copper Country Explorer webpage. Here's a link that will take you to the Quarry page: CopperCountryExplorer.com.

For those who are interested - over at the Soo there seems to be a bit of a traffic jam. The camera facing east shows the Paul Tregurtha, American Spirit, Roger Blough and Algonova all at the same time. I have never seen that many lakers in view at once before. Pretty cool

https://webcam.erdc.dren.mil/soo/hcam4.jpg

Peaceful, relaxing pictures! Interesting and
impressive how many buildings were possible from
the quarry. Our pasture is going to look like the
first picture in a day or two. Linn County Iowa is
under the gun for devastating flooding.
Predictions have us close to 30 ft. above flood
levels.

Yikes, Janie. Stay safe!

Awesome pictures. I have never been to this
particular area. Will have to try to visit.

Our area is under flash flood warnings all over
also. We have had so much rain this year. Don't
know how much more this area can take. Sure am
glad I live on a hill. It's raining yet again.
Tomorrow will probably be dry with more rain on
Sunday.

Stay safe is right, Janie. Looks awful in your
area, too.

Be safe and Blessings to you all and all your
critters, Janie!!

These are phenomenal pics! Awesome ride! Thank
you!!

Mary Drew at Pasty Central (Mdrew):
… there were a number of quarries where the Jacobsville Sandstone was obtained for the various buildings in the "Lake Superior region".

… Just a small sampling (as the list is far too extensive to post all of them) of the buildings that were built with the sandstone from Jacobsville follows …."

And not just in "your grandparents' backyard", but elsewhere as well, notably the Waldorf Astoria New York.

See Wikipedia: Jacobsville Sandstone | Buildings and structures.

Janie T. (Bobbysgirl) & Deb S. (Usedtobeayooper):
Omigosh, you folks better start loading those arks!
… or at least y'all stay safe!

Nature has certainly reclaimed it.

Very interesting and cool photos!

JT- How ya gonna get to work in the morning.... The backstroke!! Seriously.. Hope you and the animals are safe!!

Bob & I and the horses will be ok. About 70% of
our place will be under water, but not the house
or barn areas, as they are on higher ground. Thank
you for your kind thoughts. You can follow this
flooding on KCRG.com This will be our areas 2nd
record hitting flood, the first record setter was
just back in 2008. Uncle Chuck, my work place is
here at home. :)

Be safe, Deb & JT! It sounds like you have things under control.

Sure hope the experts are wrong and the levels aren't that high. The preparations are very impressive ~ good to see people are doing everything they can do to reduce the impact of the floods.

Stay safe Janie & Deb!

Nice pics Doug. The small point you passed after Sandy Beach
and the point just to your west had piers that went out about
1000' into the lake to allow for onloading the blocks. The beach
you landed on is known to us as Rocky Beach. There are many
other quarries in the area; most of which have been taken over
by nature.

Hard to believe that Jacobsville once had a population over
1000 and White City (where you launched) was a resort.

Appreciate your kind words, Dwight. With all the photos and material
I've found, am always hungry for more. The piers you mention are
news - make perfect sense. Tried seeing as many quarries as I could
but it's getting tough with the vegetation. I think another run at them
is in order.