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Wisconsin Point.
By dan | September 1, 2008
Today is a special day. Not only is it Labor Day, it is the day before my kids go back to school. 3 teenage daughters in high school don’t you know. And just so we could have one last day of fun in the sun before school gets back underway, I took us all out to the beach at Wisconsin Point. Here they are my girls plus one …
- plotting on how to get my car keys.
I like Wisconsin Point beaches. Mostly that is because not many people go there. The masses still flock to and enjoy the Duluth beaches and the Lake Walk and that’s fine by me.
- Almost Secluded
Today I was intrigued by something I saw on the beach. I have some photos to try to illustrate it as I go. Mind you, I am no petro-geologist nor an expert in oil chemistry. I am only reporting what I saw which is what appears as a 200′ foot plus long outcropping of oil sands. The image following you can see how some of the lighter brown colored sands have blown into crevasses in the clumping black sands.
- dry but clumpy.
Backing up a little you can see a defining line between the regular brown sand and the black sand.
- Outcrop of oil sands on Wisconsin Point.
Could this be that we have our own local source for oil sand at Wisconsin Point? It would not surprise me even a little bit even if the local authorities say there is no oil locally. This is part of the Great Lakes Basin and it is well known to have plenty of oil sand and natural gas on the Canadian side. It is also known to have some on our U.S.A. side too.
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