Isle Royale

Isle Royale is a sparesely populated island in Lake Superior, and the largest Island in the North Michigania Sea. It is home to a small research settlement on the North-Eastern end of the island and an Earth Monk temple on the South-Western end of the island.

History
Throughout and decades after the apocalypse Isle Royale was untouched by humans. Not a single human set foot on the island until 2036, when an Earth Monk expedition made landfall on the Southern Point. The isolation of the island was decided to be perfect for the monks to set up a temple of worship. Earth Monks from all across the Empire flocked to the build site. Within 2 years a massive, masterfully crafted Temple was constructed in which the monks could meditate and find enlightenment. In 2040, a joint Canadian-Michiganian research team was deployed to the island to study ecological changes and the native wildlife. The two human settlements are completely independant of one another.