That was William Mather who owned the land personally.
William Mather, a timber and iron ore tycoon owned the island in the early 1900s. Mather, who allowed little building on the island, cordoned off a large portion of the island as a game preserve. Mather kept exotic animals on the preserve, and even had a gamekeeper.
What is funny is that Lake Superior froze over again and all of the animals crossed the ice and took off. Deer and wolves still travel over the ice at will when the ice prevails.
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