GRAND PORTAGE, Minn. — Two backpackers were found dead at a remote campsite on Isle Royale in Lake Superior off Grand Portage. Park rangers hiked 11 miles overnight to reach the campground. They confirmed the deaths but did not release details immediately. The bodies were airlifted out by helicopter. The deaths had been reported the day before. The 440-square mil3 island, home to Isle Royale National Park, has 165 miles of trails and 36 campgrounds, some along the Lake Superior shore and on inland lakes and creeks.
Remote Lake Superior park. No bridge. No roads. Accessible by ferry from Grand Portage and from Houghton on Michigan’s upper peninsula.