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History Ontonagon HistoryThe area was first inhabited by Ojibwa Indians. European occupation began in the 1790s with English fur traders. Miners were then drawn to the area. Ontonagon did not become a flourishing town until the economic upswing in the 1880s with the construction of lumber mils soon followed by shingle mills. The fire of 1896 destroyed [...] Read More »BaragaBaraga is named after Father Frederic Baraga who in 1843 established a mission two miles north of town. The area was later settled by Euro-Americans. A ship captain James Bendry became stranded near what is now Baraga. He spent the winter in the area with his family and subsequently bought land, built a sawmill and [...] Read More »Gwinn HistoryThe history of Gwinn began with the acquisition of property by the Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Mining Company in the Austin and Princeton area in 1902. In 1907 the president of C.C.I. decided that a town was necessary for miners to live in. Gwinn was chosen for its beautiful location and its lack of iron deposits. The [...] Read More »L'Anse HistoryThe L'Anse area was first occupied by the Sugar Island Band of Ojibwa Indians who utilized the rich fishing grounds in the area. 1660 was marked by the entrance of Father Rene Menard, a French Jesuit Priest. Menard was the first white person on record to arrive in the area. L'Anse was founded in 1871 [...] Read More »Munising HistoryThe Munising area was originally inhabited by Ojibwa who used the area as a summer camping ground. After the first exploration by Europeans, Grand Island soon became a fur-trading outpost, and later a steamship fueling station. In 1895 construction began on the town of Munising. It wasn't until the 1870s that a iron blast furnace [...] Read More »Marquette HistoryThe Marquette area was first settled by Ojibwa Indians who came into contact with french explorer and Jesuit missionary in 1669. Although the area had been officially "discovered" by the French, and the harbor was used for rest, fishing, and transport for both the French voyagers and the Ojibwa, it was not until the discovery [...] Read More » Hiking the U.P.This photo is uniquely Huron Mountains. It shows a narrow divide between rock ridges with a beaver dam that has captured the spring runoff and rainfall to form a long, narrow pond. There are nine beaver lodges on this one, but only one shows in this photo. This country looked just like this like [...] Read More »Upper Peninsula Links U.P. Recreation  The city of Marquette, MichiganHistorian Fred C. Rydholm wrote a brief history of Marquette, Michigan that begins:  The Lore of the Lakes Granite Island Scott Holman's Lake Superior Light House rehab (great site) previous page // www.upwaterfront.com // contact us Disclaimer |