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Saturday, February 11, 2012

Enter Raffle and win a trip to Isle Royale!

Isle Royale sunset looking west across Tobin Harbor. Click on photo for larger version. (Photos © and courtesy Janet Marr)

HOUGHTON -- Win a trip to Isle Royale! There’s still time to enter the Isle Royale and Keweenaw Parks Association’s (IRKPA) raffle (R13395) to win a round trip for two on the Isle Royale Queen from Copper Harbor and two nights lodging at Rock Harbor Lodge (late May-early July 2012; value $750).

Second prize: round trip for two on the NPS Ranger III from Houghton (value $240). Third prize: two IRKPA books (value $50).

NPS Ranger III, docked in Houghton, takes visitors to Isle Royale all summer. Enter the raffle and a chance to win a round trip for two to the island!

Buy tickets ($5 each or 3 for $10) at the Isle Royale NP Visitor Center in Houghton (open from 8:15 a.m. - 4:15 p.m. M-F) or the Calumet Visitor Center, 98 5th St, Calumet (open from 9a.m. - 5 p.m. Th-Sat).

The drawing will take place at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 25, 2012, at the Quincy Mine Office on Quincy Hill north of Hancock (49445 N US Hwy 41). Winners need not be present. Proceeds benefit IRKPA’s programs in support of our national parks.

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