To this day Arch Rock stands on the Lake Huron shoreline 146 feet (45 m) above the water.

Limestone breccia is not an ideal material for natural bridges, and this type of formation is quite rare in the North American Great Lakes region.

The Native Americans saw Arch Rock as a place of numinous power, and told many stories and legends about it.

[2] Euro-Americans did not share many of the taboos of their Native predecessors, and treated Arch Rock as a curiosity to be admired.

One early chronicler was Alexis de Tocqueville who wrote of the "Giant's Arch" "of extraordinary shape" during his visit in August, 1831.