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Following treaties with the United States in the 19th century, the Ojibwa/Chippewa ceded extensive amounts of land in Michigan. The L'Anse Indian Reservation was established by the U.S. here as the largest and the oldest in Michigan. [11] In 1896, the village was completely burned to the ground by a deadly fire which left many homeless. [6] [12]
A view through a coulee in Alberta, with steep but lower sides, and water in the bottom. Coulee, or coulée (/ ˈ k uː l eɪ / or / ˈ k uː l iː /), [1] is any of various different landforms, all of which are kinds of valleys or drainage zones. The word coulee comes from the Canadian French coulée, from French couler 'to flow'.
However, in 2005, the lodge made an agreement with the Bay City Arts Council, where the Council purchased the building and began to make necessary repairs and improvements. [2] The organization Friends of the Historic Masonic Temple is continuing to repair and rehabilitate the building, and is hoping to turn the building into a performing arts ...
The final night of the Democratic National Convention included a tutorial on pronouncing Kamala Harris' name — featuring none other than the candidate's great nieces. The actress Kerry ...
Baraga (/ ˈ b ɛər ə ɡ ə / BAIR-ə-gə) is a village in Baraga County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,883 at the 2020 census. [4] The village is named after Bishop Frederic Baraga. The village is located in Baraga Township on the Keweenaw Bay on Lake Superior at the junction of US 41 and M-38.
The traditional Yooper accent is associated with certain features: the alveolar stops /d/ and /t/ in place of the English dental fricatives /ð/ and /θ/ (like in "then" and "thigh", so that then (/ðɛn/) becomes den (/dɛn/), etc.); the German/Scandinavian affirmative ja [jä] to mean 'yeah' or 'yes' (often Anglicized in spelling to ya); the ...
Nov. 23—MASSENA — The tugboat Robinson Bay has a new home. The Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation (GLS) held a ceremony Friday at the GLS Maintenance Base to mark the ...
The site on which the Big Traverse Bay Historic District now stands was originally a logging camp owned by the Hebard Lumber Company, dating from the last two decades of the 19th century. [2] A substantial number of Finnish emigres moved into the area, working in the lumber, mining, or fishing industries.